Secondary School Programs

The Quebec Education Program (Q.E.P.) is designed as a system with three integrating elements: broad areas of learning, cross-curricular competencies and subject areas. Its structure is intended to facilitate the establishment of connections among the different educational components.

Cross-curricular competencies represent goals common to the whole curriculum, constitute the different types of tools that schools believe students need in order to adapt to a variety of situations and continue to learn throughout their lives. The Q.E.P. contains nine cross-curricular competencies grouped in four categories:

Intellectual: Uses information, Solves problems; Exercises critical judgment; Uses creativity
Methodological: Adopts effective work methods; Uses information and communications technologies
Personal and social: Achieves hisher potential; Cooperates with others
Communication-related: Communicates appropriately