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The commissioner maintains that his functions have certain similarities with the role of student protector in Quebec, but nothing more.

“I don’t want to speak through my hat, I don’t fully know his role, but from my understanding, because I had to study it, it remains an ombudsman role, a bit like the Protector. of the citizen, but transposed into school reality. There is a similarity, yes, because one of my responsibilities is to listen to the students, but also to the whole community, such as parents, guardians and of course teachers. , who too are sometimes subject to inequity, discrimination and oppression. That’s where I see a certain difference, it’s a bit broader in terms of mandate. And I am not going into questions of pedagogy, ”said Méhou-Loko.

Stating that he is still in a phase of observing and listening to concerns, he also indicates that the title of commissioner should not be interpreted as a position with coercive powers.

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