"CEGEP (/se\u026A\u02C8\u0292\u025Bp/ say-ZHEP or /\u02C8si\u02D0d\u0292\u025Bp/ SEE-jep; French: C\u00E9gep; also C\u00C9GEP, Cegep or C\u00E9gep) is a publicly funded pre\u2011university college in the province of Quebec's education system. Originally a French acronym for Coll\u00E8ge d'enseignement g\u00E9n\u00E9ral et professionnel, sometimes known in English as a \"General and Vocational College\", it is now considered a word in itself."@en .