While a heatwave will make many students sweat during the ministerial exams scheduled for this week, Minister Bernard Drainville affirms that school service centers already have the necessary leeway to purchase air conditioners if they deem it necessary.
The sums planned to renovate schools can also be used “to procure air conditioners,” said the Minister of Education, on the sidelines of a press briefing in Lévis Monday morning.
This is also what the Laurentides school service center did, indicated Mr. Drainville, while specifying that this envelope amounts to approximately $15 billion.
Other funding for the purchase of furniture and appliances can also be used for this purpose, he added. “Service centers can draw from this envelope to purchase air conditioners for classes,” he added.
However, it is necessary to ensure that the electricity network is able to support these devices, specified the minister, who once again invited staff to “show flexibility and flexibility” during this predicted heat wave.
According to forecasts for the next three days, the temperature felt could rise up to 45 degrees in several regions of the province.
Ministerial exams in English, science and mathematics are scheduled for the morning of this week for fourth and fifth secondary students.
“We decided to prioritize exams in the morning, so that it would be cooler,” said Mr. Drainville.
“We must do everything we can to ensure that our students experience this heat as little as possible,” he added.
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