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B.C. Education Minister Rob Fleming is expected to sign government-to-government agreements with counterparts in France and the Netherlands.
This will be one of the goals for a delegation of the province’s education leaders who are taking part in a trip to France, Belgium and the Netherlands, from April 3 to 6.
Government says these agreements will promote French-language teacher and student mobility and exchanges, as well as the sharing of education-related best practices.
Authorities hope the trip will help recruit French-language teachers to help address the shortage in B.C.
The delegation will be working with representatives from the French and Belgian education sectors to discuss opportunities for students in French-speaking teacher training programs wishing to become teachers, and for existing teachers, to work in B.C.
The delegation will include Rob Fleming, Minister of Education; Scott MacDonald, deputy minister of education; Suzanne Hoffman, Vancouver School Board superintendent and Glen Hansman, president of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF).
The total cost of the trip for the Ministry of Education is expected to be about $40,000. Costs are being covered separately by the Ministry of Education, the Vancouver School Board and the BCTF.
