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Ministry of Education and Education Across Borders Collective

Education Across Borders Collective: A week before most students head back to class, Education Across Borders Collective is calling on the Quebec Education Minister to modify the law to open up schools to all children living in Quebec. , according to CBC. spokesman Alain Perron said those children were accepted to study for free following a directive by the Ministry of Education. As children across Quebec gear up for the start of the school year, close to 5,000 undocumented children in the province will be left behind, according to the Education Across Borders Collective , a Montreal-based advocacy group. The Commission scolaire de Montr al, Montreal French language school board, says fewer than five undocumented students applied for studies last year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.