Press Release

Sept. 27, 2001 - Heritage Students Exceed the Provincial Success Rates Again on the Compulsory English Exit Exams

For the second year in a row, Heritage College is pleased to announce that according to the most recent statistics released by the Quebec Ministry of Education 93.7% of its students writing the compulsory English Exit Examination were successful, which exceeds the provincial success rate of 90.3%. A more detailed look at the statistics shows that Heritage students in pre-university programs scored a 98.3% success rate (compared to 92.1% for the province). Heritage students in career programs scored 88.4% (compared to 84.3% for the province).

The provincial English Exit Examination evaluates college-level reading, writing and critical thinking skills. All Heritage students must successfully complete it in order to graduate from their respective diploma programs.