Quiz: Navigating the Rules Around Homeschooling

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Thinking about homeschooling your child? Test your knowledge and see if you’re ready to move ahead with that decision by taking our quiz!

Quiz : quelles sont les conditions pour faire l’école à la maison?

1. Who do you have to notify before homeschooling your child?

Wrong answer

If you want to homeschool your child, you must notify the ministère de l’Éducation and your school board or school service centre in writing before July 1st of each year.

Correct answer

If you want to homeschool your child, you must notify the ministère de l’Éducation and your school board or school service centre in writing before July 1st of each year.

2. Can your child stop attending school to be homeschooled in the middle of the school year?

Correct answer

Your child can stop attending a school during the school year. However, you must notify the ministère de l’Éducation and your school board or school service centre within 10 days of the date your child stops attending school. 

Wrong answer

Your child can stop attending a school during the school year. However, you must notify the ministère de l’Éducation and your school board or school service centre within 10 days of the date your child stops attending school. 

3. Which subjects are you required to teach your child?

Wrong answer

You’ll need to submit a learning project to the ministère de l’Éducation. This project must allow your child to be educated, socialized and qualified, through the development of basic skills, particularly in reading, arithmetic and problem-solving, and through learning the French language. 

Correct answer

You’ll need to submit a learning project to the ministère de l’Éducation. This project must allow your child to be educated, socialized and qualified, through the development of basic skills, particularly in reading, arithmetic and problem-solving, and through learning the French language. 

4. How often do you need to update the ministère de l’Éducation on your child’s learning progress?

Wrong answer

You must provide the ministère de l’Éducation with two written reports: one at mid-year and one at the end of the year. These reports must show your child’s learning progress and the assessments you have carried out to measure this progress. 

This means you’ll need to track your child’s progress throughout the learning project. You can do this through the assessment methods you choose and indicate in the learning project. Progress monitoring can take the form of formal assessments, or by submitting a portfolio to the ministère de l’Éducation. 

Correct answer

You must provide the ministère de l’Éducation with two written reports: one at mid-year and one at the end of the year. These reports must show your child’s learning progress and the assessments you have carried out to measure this progress.  

This means you’ll need to track your child’s progress throughout the learning project. You can do this through the assessment methods you choose and indicate in the learning project. Progress monitoring can take the form of formal assessments, or by submitting a portfolio to the ministère de l’Éducation. 

For more information on homeschooling and the requirements for homeschooling your child, visit the Government of Quebec’s web page Homeschooling process and steps.