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nova scotia• Infrastructure support was provided to renovation andconstruction projects that ensured that the CSAP could deliver,in schools that met modern education standards, Grandir enfrançais [growing up in French], a program that has achieved greatsuccess in the integration of the children of rights holders intothe francophone school system and in the promotion of Frenchlanguage and culture.• Several hundred students received bursaries or scholarshipsto continue their French-first-language education at thepostsecondary level. The number of students applying for bursariesto pursue their bachelor of arts or bachelor of education degreeincreased by 52 per cent over the course of the agreement.HIGHLIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENTSIN SECOND-LANGUAGE INSTRUCTIONNova Scotia’s achievements in second-language instruction, between2005–06 and 2008–09, included the following outcomes supportedby federal–provincial funding arrangements:• The Department of Education granted several hundred bursariesthat allowed teachers to attend professional development andspecialization courses and to participate in internships. Six bursariescovered the last two years of the tuition costs of students studyingto become teachers of French as a second language (FSL).• The department also funded seven French-immersion summercamps that reinforced FSL skills in 6- to 12-year-olds. A total of634 students participated in the camps.• There was an increase in the number of scholarships and bursariesawarded to non-francophone students pursuing postsecondarystudies in French. There was also an 8 per cent increase in thenumber of applications for these awards.• Approximately 25,000 new resources were purchased forFSL instruction.• Enrolment in French immersion programs increased by 3 per centbetween 2005–06 and 2008–09, despite a 7 per cent decrease in theprovince’s total student population over the same time period.34Pan-Canadian Report on Official Languages in Education 2005–06 to 2008–09 HIGHLIGHTS