The Tribune

FOURTEEN of Canada’s most prestigious boarding schools will be in Nassau on Tuesday, January 17, for their annual recruitment fair.

The event, organised by Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS), offers families an opportunity to meet with representatives from a wide variety of schools: all boys, all girls, co-educational, urban, rural, and from across Canada. Some schools offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme, others offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses, and all offer a range of arts, athletics, community service and leadership programmes.

The recruitment fair takes place at the British Colonial Hilton, from 5pm to 8 pm.

According to Fiona Parke, CAIS Boarding Schools Director of Outreach, Canadian boarding schools are home to students from over 100 countries around the world who are drawn to the safety and security of life in Canada with its culturally diverse and welcoming population. Generations of promising students from the Bahamas have chosen to attend an accredited boarding school in Canada to prepare them for the demands and expectations of university and 91 per cent of boarders report that their schools are academically challenging, compared with 70 per cent of private day and 50 per cent of public school students.

She points out that Canada scores the highest among English-speaking nations in Math, Science and Reading scores. The latest Programme for International Student Assessment results, released in 2015 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, place Canada far ahead of the United Kingdom and the United States (and all other primarily English-speaking nations) in student performance in all three disciplines.

For more information visit boardingschools.ca or contact fparke@cais.ca.