What changes would you make to the French education system?

Thèmes abordés

Système scolaire, anglais, rédaction, propositions, amélioration, enseignement secondaire, baccalauréat

Résumé du document

Ce document propose une rédaction en anglais sur le système scolaire français, focalisée principalement sur le niveau secondaire. Il est demandé de faire preuve d'imagination en proposant des améliorations potentielles pour le système.

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[...] Pupils should be prepared for their professional life. Taking notes during classes, doing exercices, or writing essays using word processing make sense in 2018: not only does it allow time to be saved, but it also makes schoolwork clearer, easier to review and easier to share. Furthermore, despite the government's priority education network system, which consists of giving more human and financial resources to the schools that need it the most, there is still a gap between schools depending on the area they are in. [...]

[...] More and more parents would do anything for their children not to go to their local school because of its bad reputation. As it is now being done in some primary schools in Year 1 and splitting overcrowded classes in half would be a way to help the children who particularly need it. Therefore, I suggest that in order for the local schools that are situated in poor areas to become attractive to prospective pupils, extra-curricular activities or special options should be available in those schools only. [...]

[...] What changes would you make to the French education system? The French education system as it is today needs to undergo important changes. First and foremost, I believe that school hours should be flexible and allow more classes to take place in the mornings in order to get the pupils to be fully concentrated. Secondly, sometime during the school year, pupils could be put in classes based on their ability per subject. To my mind, it would particularly make sense if specific skills were targeted during a limited period of time. [...]