Montreal, Canada – The Quebec Education Department has decided to end a 24-year arrangement by which it provides public funding through the Marie-Victorin CEGEP to allow Orthodox Jewish students to study at the junior-college level, according to a report carried Friday night by Radio-Canada.
Professors at the Torah and Vocational Institute of Montreal (TAV), in the Côte des Neiges district, have long been hired and paid through the CEGEP, as part of an agreement that dates back to 1985, the report stated.
The students as well as teachers affected by the decision are segregated by gender.
Éli Meroz, TAV’s academic director, could not be reached directly for comment or an elaboration. But he was quoted by Radio-Canada as being very surprised: “The courses we offer do not have religious content,” Meroz said, citing computer courses as an example.
According to the report, officials from the department will begin discussions with the school, and a transition plan is to be put into place covering students who are currently enrolled, so that they can finish their courses.
The report added that the TAV is one of a total of three such schools, with a total of about 800 Orthodox students, affected by the funding cut-off.
(Source: Montreal Gazette)
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