General

School and university study

A list of vocabulary and phrases related to school and university study. Click on the speaker icons to hear the words in each list pronounced clearly and slowly.

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/html/voc/11.html

Education system in France

Good notes giving a concise overview of the educational system in France. Currently not all the links to further information on outside sites have been updated and therefore some are not working.

http://www.csupomona.edu/~lfucaloro/fl308/notes

Education in France

A series of pages for foreign learners of French related to the French schooling and university system, and including key vocabulary with definitions, and words used in sample sentences. There are a few grammar notes and also links to other sites that may be of interest.

http://cr.middlebury.edu/public/french/Lexique//ecole

Education

Official government site on education. Links to all sorts of information.

http://www.education.gouv.fr/index.php

Debate on the future of education

Short description of the national debate that took place in 2003/2004 on the future of education in schools in France. No conclusions are given here.

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/label_france/54/fr/01.html

Debate on the future of education

The results of the national debate that took place in 2003/2004 on the future of education in schools in France. The information on this site is very detailed and will only be of interest to students who are making a special study of the subject.

http://www.debatnational.education.fr/index.php?rid=70

Sums spent on education in France and elsewhere

At the very end of this document there is a table showing how much France spends on primary, secondary and higher education (per student) and comparing the sums with the amount spent in other countries in Europe and elsewhere.

http://appy.ecole.free.fr/articles/20040715a.htm

Legislation allowing pupils to begin apprenticeship at 14

Short report on new legislation that allows pupils to begin an apprenticeship at 14 instead of waiting until they are 16. The arguments for an against the legislation are outlined.

http://www.lesclesjunior.com/Actualites/Actus.htm?sku=ACT113898162

Apprenticeship at 14 years of age

Concise and accessible reaction from this education union to the proposal that pupils be able to leave school at 14 to begin an apprenticeship.

http://www.sgen-cfdt.org/actu/article952.html

Apprenticeship at 14 years of age

Short text arguing that letting low achieving pupils leave school at age 14 to begin an apprenticeship will not solve any problems and will simply reinforce exclusion.

http://www.cahiers-pedagogiques.com/article.php3

Apprenticeship at 14 years of age

Strong arguments from this Communist group against the Government proposal (in the wake of the Nov 2005 riots) to let pupils leave school at the age of 14. They argue that such an approach would simply deprive those pupils who are already disadvantaged.

http://www.groupe-crc.org/article.php3?id_article=2408

Numeracy and literacy in France

Summary of the results of a survey into numeracy and literacy among the adult French population. To see the whole report click on ouvrir l'article at the bottom of the page.

http://www.insee.fr/fr/ffc/ficdoc_frame.asp

Legislation outlawing food and drink vending machines in schools from Sept 2005

Discussion of the problems relating to the law that as of September 2005 schools in France are not allowed to sell food and drink from vending machines. Ignore the green box at the top of the page and go onto the grey and white boxes underneath it. The white box discusses the fact that the law as it stands will also apply to vending machines selling fruit and vegetables.

http://ecolesdifferentes.free.fr/DISTRIBFRUITS.htm