He says he wants to provoke a “clash of knowledge”. The Minister of National Education, Gabriel Attal, will present Tuesday, December 5 from 1:45 p.m. “decisions” For “raise the general level” students. The measures, announced on November 22 during the congress of the Association of Mayors of France, will be unveiled at the Charles-Péguy college, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. Follow our live stream.
The minister wants to tackle the “taboo of repeating a year”. Although the number of grade repetitions has fallen considerably since the 1980s, this measure is far from gaining consensus among the teachers that franceinfo met. Professors “will have the last word” on the issue, he assured in a message to teachers released on Tuesday.
All-round measurements. In an email sent to the educational community, which Franceinfo was able to consult, Gabriel Attal promises the implementation of software including a “artificial intelligence” supposed to help with learning or improving French or mathematics. From 2025, the certificate will be compulsory to be able to enter high school. This 2025 school year will also mark the arrival of a “new anticipated baccalaureate test at the end of 1st general and technological”which will be dedicated to mathematics and scientific culture.
The level of French students is falling, according to the Pisa ranking. The latest edition of the OECD survey points to an unprecedented decline in student performance after the coronavirus crisis, including in France. According to Eric Charbonnier, one of the leaders of the study, “France still remains in an average position, so somewhere the decline is generalized”.
“We need to invest more efficiently,” argues the head of the Pisa study in France. The fall of the level “in mathematics and reading comprehension” is not “not necessarily [due à] a lack of resources”believes Éric Charbonnier, because “most countries have continued to invest in education over the past ten years”. “Perhaps the means are not used effectively” and that we “does not talk enough about quality of education”he believes.