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Canada spends an average of about 5.3 percent of its GDP on education. [ 29] The country invests heavily in tertiary education (more than US$20,000 per student). [ 30] As of 2022, 89 percent of adults aged 25 to 64 have earned the equivalent of a high-school degree, compared to an OECD average of 75 percent.
Elementary Mathematics Assessments (EMA) — taken in grade 6. [ 17] Intermediate Mathematics Assessments (IMA) — taken in grade 9. Exam mark is worth 10% of final course grade. [ 17] Secondary Mathematics Assessments (SMA) — taken in grade 11. Exam mark is worth 25% for Math 521A, Math 521B and Math 521M.
The exception is the grade 8 of primary school and the grade 4 of high school when the classes end a couple of months earlier so the children can study for their entry exams for high school/college. Depending on which high school a child chooses, they can get more focused education and a professional degree.
In francophone schools or CBE Schools, from kindergarten to grade 9 an alternative grading system is used instead of percentages and letter grades: numbers 1 through 4 are used (4 is excellent, 3 is good, 2 is average, and 1 is below average. Note: not all schools utilize a +/− system when giving grades. Some just give the generic grade.
In Canada, primary school (also referred to as elementary school) usually begins at ages three or four, starting with either Kindergarten or Grade 1 and lasts until age 11 or 12. Many places in Canada have a split between primary and elementary schools. In Nova Scotia "elementary school" is the most common term.
The school districts operated 2,670 public schools, including 1,895 primary schools, 576 general or professional secondary schools, and 199 combined primary and secondary schools. [ 1 ] When public schools were deconfessionalized in 2000, Catholic and Protestant religious education classes along with nonreligious moral education classes ...
86% [3] Education in British Columbia comprises public and private primary and secondary schools throughout the province. Like most other provinces in Canada, education is compulsory from ages 6–16 (grades 1–10), although the vast majority of students remain in school until they graduate from high school ( grade 12) at the age of 18. In ...
31.9% (2016) [ 5] Education in Ontario comprises public and private primary schools, secondary schools and post-secondary institutions. Publicly funded elementary and secondary schools are administered by the Ontario Ministry of Education, while colleges and universities are administered by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and ...