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[edit] Template:Education infobox

I created a template, Template:Education infobox which can give a quick at a glance demographics table for education articles. See its implementation at Education in the United States and feel free to help improve the template.--naryathegreat | (talk) 01:00, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Education in France or French Public Education?

I added the following paragraph which aimed to correct the image that the article currently portrays that all French schools are in the public system, when in fact a significant percentage of the population attends private schools.

Primary and secondary education is mostly public (although private schools do exist, in particular a strong nationwide network of primary and secondary Catholic education), while tertiary education has both public and private elements.

I return to see it has been removed by a vandal, but not restored when the vandalism was corrected. I hope this was an oversight, since private education is a major part of the French educational system (and, moreover, the teachers are paid by l'Education nationale). This article cannot claim to give an accurate picture of education in France by omitting its existence entirely. (The private system really deserves its own major article, but I'm not up to writing it just now).

I am putting the paragraph back in for now on these grounds (and on the ground that this page links to "Etudes en France" for its French-language version and not "Education nationale française"), objections are welcome to be discussed here. --Marlow4 21:43, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

This seems to be a result not of a revert but just subtle vandalism by 204.98.2.39, see link. It took a while for anyone to even notice that there was the word 'shit' in there, and when someone noticed, they didn't revert, but just removed that single word, see link. --Qirex 03:30, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] About the "grande école" system

Yes, it is true that many "grandes écoles" focus on engineering. However, this is an oversimplification. Do not forget schools of management (HEC ,...), of public administration (ENA, ...) and so forth. For more, please see the official site of the "Conférence des Grandes Ecoles" at http://www.cge.asso.fr/cadre_ecole.html

This also applies to the preparatory schools.

Thanks for all the good work done.

Marc Tallec (mtmail1@noos.fr)

[edit] Attitudes Built Into High Achievers

Reference the following paragraph in the article:

"The amount of work required of the students is exceptionally high. In addition to class time, students spend several hours each week completing exams and 'colles' (very often written 'khôlles' to look like a greek word, this way of writing being initially a khâgneux joke -cf. supra, khâgne). The so called 'colles' are unique to French academic education in CPGEs. They consist of oral examinations twice a week. The student spends one hour facing a professor alone in a room and has to answer as many questions correctly as possible, while the teacher regularly increases the difficulty of the questions to make ensure that the student is tested vigorously. 'Colles' are regarded as extremely stressful, particularly due to the high standards expected by the teachers, and the subsequent harshness that may be directed at students who do not perform adequately."

The psychological damage inflicted by teachers may well be manifested as arrogance among those who manage to survive the abuse and as an inability to consider solutions outside those marked "received" by the French education ministry. I am appalled by the power to ruin lives that is vested in the people who run French schools. Pedants are people like everybody else -- not gods.

That's an interesting opinion you have, but with zero credibility. I see no connexion between strict teachers and arrogant students. I would guess that arrogance would be found more frequently in school systems where the pupils are treated as equals by their teachers, and soon begin to defy and disrespect them. I have witnessed a lot of that in American school systems, but very little in France. If you have any references on the issue I would be happy to read them. Otherwise, let's just keep our personal opinions to ourselves. -Aquarelle 00:31, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion about related ropics

Hello people, this is to inform you that the article dedicated to SUPAERO, your typical French engineering school, has been placed into the peer review thread. I invite you to take a peek at it and say what you think of it. Perhaps this could give you the inspiration to complete the article concerning your own school. Thanks! Flambe 04:08, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Education of France

Education of France should be merged here. -- Kendrick7 21:57, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Sacred blue! Do I have to do everything. OK, its been renamed and added to the see also. -- Kendrick7talk 04:21, 6 December 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Improvements

I fixed some vandalism (has nobody read this article int he past month ?), and corrected some errors. The part about CPGE and Grandes écoles is too long and focuses on the slang terms too much. It does not present a neutral point of view either, and seems to have been written by students in the grandes écoles themselves, who are renowned in France for being very proud and boastful of their education, believing they are superior to other forms of superior education. I will leave some time for the person who wrote this to correct it, if not I will delete some of it myself. The aspect of a social elite in these schools is also not developed. --Jackaranga 16:42, 8 February 2007 (UTC)



I agree there's too much slang terms, but I don't think there's a problem with neutrality. It has obviously been written by people who served their time in CPGE, but except CPGE students or teachers, I don't see who can correctly talk about it, it's a very closed system. And if you have a look a the debate over education in France theses days, you'll see that CPGE and Grandes Ecoles are indeed superior, but the problem is only a social elite visits them. 86.70.174.170 16:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merging Statistics for education in France

Statistics for education in France is basically a rag-bag of unsourced material and repeats information on the structure of education from this article. Furthermore any statistics are likely to go out of date quickly if not maintained. I propose that the useful parts are merged here, if they can be sourced, and then that article redirected to Education in France. Rich257 21:22, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Strong support. Itsmejudith 14:26, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stars

It is written : The classes which especially train students for admission to the elite Écoles Normales Supérieures or Ecole Polytechnique have an "*" added to their name, e.g. MP*. Which is, actually, false, because the level and so the training depends on the level of the Lycée. Some MP* do not train for admission to Polytechnique... And on the other hand, some MP without star train for admission to Polytechnique... --82.216.20.252 11:31, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

You're right. Correct it :) . NicDumZ ~ 06:20, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Education nationale logo.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:51, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

If you have such questions on this little logo from the French government, then please fix it yourself. That seems more practical.

Also, I wanted to note that Med has vandalized my contributions several times, hopefully s/he can provide counterexamples or demonstrate why my comments were POV, when in fact, they are not POV. Thank you --rivolad (talk) 23:12, 26 April 2008 (UTC)