<P> In Canada, education is under provincial jurisdiction . However, the federal government has been a strong supporter of establishing Canada as a bilingual country and has helped pioneer the French immersion programs in the public education systems throughout Canada . In French - immersion, students with no previous French language training, usually beginning in Kindergarten or grade 1, do all of their school work in French . Depending on provincial jurisdiction, some provinces also offer an extended French program that begins in grade 5 which offers relatively more courses in French . In this case the student takes French immersion until grade nine but may continue throughout their high school education . Similar English - immersion programmes also exist for Francophone children . </P> <P> Education is generally monolingual in either English or French according to the majority population within which a school is located . The second official language is introduced with allocated time provided each week for instruction in the language as a subject . </P> <P> Quebec is Canada's only legally monolingual French - speaking province . Based on section 59 of Canada's Constitution Act of 1982, provides that not all of the language rights listed under Canada's official bilingualism policy in previous section 23 will apply in Quebec . Specifically: </P> <P> (1) In Quebec, a child may be educated in English only if at least one parent or a sibling was educated in Canada in English . </P>

What is the term for a form of education in which the goal is to help minority students