It has occurred to me that the three or four readers who follow this may wonder what a D.E.C. is. Put simply, it is the best way to keep people in Quebec. Kind of. Well, mostly.
Quebec has a very odd need to be different than its neighbours. Quebec also has a serious paranoia about people leaving. Creating a different school system is the easiest way to do this. Everything done in the school system is done to keep people from evolving, intellectually and socially. At times, it feels like lines from Braveheart when the King of England is trying to rid Scotland of the Scots.
A D.E.C. is simply a pre-university degree that is useless outside of Quebec. The last year of high school and the first year of university have been combined into this useless waste called C.E.G.E.P. As a pre-university stream it is complete garbage. Resdients of Quebec have a harder time getting into schools outside the province. And never mind the language issues.
Where C.E.G.E.P. does excel is in professional training, which is different than the pre-university stream. It is three years instead of two, and can lead to decent jobs right away. But it is still not the same as getting a University degree. Far from it. In fact, most jobs I have researched have required a Bachelor of some kind. An most professional programs do not lead directly to a university program.
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