Transcript un panorama…

an overview…
The French education
system
The French education system
Organization
Founding principles
 Compulsory schooling : from 6 to 16
 Free education
 Secularity: religious, political and
phisosophical neutrality
The role of the State
 Defining the syllabus at every school
level
 Organizing exams, delivering
certificates, diplomas and degrees
 Recruiting, training, assigning, paying
and managing the teaching and
administrative staff
Sharing out responsibilities:
building and maintenance
State
Region council
« Département » council
(chief admisnistrative division)
UNIVERSITE
LYCEE
COLLEGE
Town council
ECOLE
The French education system
Structure
2 major divisions
 Primary school =
nursery school (2 to 5)
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« élémentaire » school (6 to 11)
 Secondary school =
« collège » (11 to 15)
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« lycée » (15 to 18)
Primary school (after 6)
 5 years
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First year infant class (CP)
Primary class I (CE1)
Primary class II (CE2)
Intermediate class I (CM1)
Intermediate class II (CM2)
 CP (cours préparatoire): beginning of
compulsory schooling
Collège: secondary school between
11 and 15
 4 years:
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Sixth class
Fifth class
Fourth class
Third class
 Brevet des collèges: general exam taken
at the end of third class
 16:end of compulsory schooling
General and technical high
school (15 to 18)
 3 years :
- second class (determination year)
- first class
- final year
 3 channels in first and final classes
- sciences (S)
- arts and humanities (L)
- economics and social studies (ES)
 Technological subjects in many fields :
management, industrial, health…
 End of final year: Baccalauréat examination
qualifying for entry to university
Vocational and professional high
school
 2 training programmes
2 years
 Vocational diploma (BEP)
 Vocational training certificate (CAP)
 1 training programme
4 years
 Baccalauréat professionnel : Professional
secondary-school-leaving certificate
The French education system
School year organization
Students’ timetable
Primary school
Different systems according to the town
 6 hours a day,
 4 days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday)
and holiday shortened
or 4 days plus Saturday morning.
 8.30-11.30 1.30-4.30 or 9.00-12.00 2.00-5.00
Secondary school
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Between 28 and 35 hours per week
maximum: 8 hours a day
8.00-5.30 or 8.30-6.00
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday a.m., Thursday, Friday
Some classes on Wednesday afternoons or Saturday
mornings
Teachers’ timetable
 Primary school teachers : 27 hours per week
 Secondary school teachers (certifiés): 18 hours per week
20 hours for the P.E. teachers
 Successful candidates of advanced professional
competitive examinations (agrégés): 15 hours per week
Number of students and employees
 363 285 primary school teachers
 6 626 500 pupils
 520 736 secondary school teachers
 3 248 500 collège students
 1 512 900 lycée students
 724 000 lycée professionnel students
Holidays
 Beginning of new school year:
beginning of September
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Toussaint (all Saint’s day): 10 days (end of October,
beginning of November)
Christmas: 2 weeks
Winter: 2 weeks
Spring: 2 weeks
Summer: July and August
Principle :
7 weeks at school / 2 weeks on holiday
The French education system
Curriculums
Subjects
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French
Mathematics
History-geography
Biology
Physics chemistry
Modern language 1
Physical education
Fine arts (collège)
Music (collège)
Technology (collège)
Civics (collège)
Philosophy (final year)
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Modern languages 2 / 3
Ancient languages
Social sciences
Economics
Arts
Data-processing
Extra-curricular subjects
Diplomas and certificates
 National examinations
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Brevet des collèges
Baccalauréat
Baccalauréat professionnel
CAP
BEP
 Road safety certificate
 Data-processing and Internet certificate
The French education system
Administration
High school organization chart
Headmaster or
Principal
Bursar
Teachers
Deputy
headmaster
or principal
Documentation
and information
department
Secretariat
Careers officer
Psychologist
Social worker
School life:
Education adviser
Supervisors
Nurse
The French education system
Current issues
Debate topics
Special help in education
Prevention of illiteracy
Equal opportunity for girls and boys
Increasing the value of vocational teaching
Providing education for sick and handicapped children
Civic education
Students’ health
Information and communication technologies
Education to the environment for a sustained
development
 The education system European openess
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Projects 2007
 Success for every student
 Setting up of a common base of knowledges and
competences
 Basic knowledge : reading, writing, grammar, mental
arithmetic
 Adapted syllabus of educative success
 Renovation project of the foreign language teaching
 Mastery of information and communication
technologies
 Equal opportunities : girls / boys, handicapped students
 Individualized course of study and a successful
integration into the job market
Updating 2007 adapted from an original
slide show by Amélie Castets from the
French Embassy
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