Editing Prince Edward Island (section)

==Education==
Prince Edward Island's public school system has an English school district named the [[Public Schools Branch]] (previously the English Language School Board),<ref>{{cite news |title=New School Board |url=http://www.gov.pe.ca/eecd/index.php3?number=news&dept=&newsnumber=8407&lang=E |access-date=September 5, 2012 |archive-date=October 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006015703/http://www.gov.pe.ca/eecd/index.php3?number=news&dept=&newsnumber=8407&lang=E |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as a Francophone district, the [[Commission scolaire de langue française]]. The English language district has a total of 10 secondary schools and 54 intermediate and elementary schools while the Francophone district has 6 schools covering all grades. 22 per cent of the student population is enrolled in French [[Language immersion|immersion]]. This is one of the highest levels in the country.
[[File:Main Building in Autumn (4117130577).jpg|thumb|The SDU Main Building at the [[University of Prince Edward Island]], the only university on the island]]
Three [[state school|public]] [[tertiary education|post-secondary institutions]] operate in the province, including one university, and two [[college (Canada)|colleges]]. The [[University of Prince Edward Island]] is the province's only public university, and is located in the city of [[Charlottetown]]. The university was created by the Island legislature to replace [[Prince of Wales College]] and [[St. Dunstan's University]]. UPEI is also home to the [[Atlantic Veterinary College]], which offers the region's only veterinary medicine program.

[[Collège de l'Île]], and [[Holland College]] are two public colleges that operate in the province; the former being a French [[first language]] institution, while the latter is an English first language institution. Holland College includes specialized facilities such as the Atlantic Police Academy, Marine Training Centre, and the Culinary Institute of Canada. In addition to public post-secondary institutions, Prince Edward Island is also home to a private post-secondary institution, [[Maritime Christian College]].

Today{{when?|date=December 2024}} 23.5 per cent of residents aged 15 to 19 have bilingual skills, an increase of 100 per cent in a decade. Prince Edward Island, along with most rural regions in North America, is experiencing an accelerated rate of youth emigration. The provincial government {{update span|has projected that public school enrollment will decline by 40% during the 2010s|date=December 2024|reason=the 2010s have been over for a while now; did this happen or not?}}.