Thursday, December 9, 2010

Education

The French educational system is divided into three different stages:

* primary education (enseignement primaire)(age 6 to 11)
* secondary education (enseignement secondaire)(age 11 to 15)
* higher education (enseignement supérieur)(age 16+)

With comparison to Singapore, primary school education starts from the age of 7 to 12 years old. This is followed by secondary school which consists of teens aged 13 to 16/17 depending on the stream they are placed in. However, in France, education is compulsory until the age of 16.


Above is a chart of the American school system VS French school system


In France, there are both public and private schools. Public schools are government funded and private schools are privately funded. This makes education almost free at all levels except for private schools and business schools. Most schools are public but there are also private schools throughout France (particularly in the very religious regions of Western and Eastern France). All professors in public schools and universities are employed and paid by the state.

During High school, students are required to sit for the The final exam, the "Baccalauréat" or "Bac". It is very important for French students because it gives them access to university studies. It is a rigorous exam with no multiple choice questions and it includes a written part and an oral part. The grading system for their High School goes from 0 to 20 with 20 being a perfect score. Getting a 8 or 9 pointer meant getting a score of about C- in Singapore's context.


French students in a lecture

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) currently ranks France's education as the 25th best in the world, being neither significantly higher nor lower than the OECD average. In 1995, a Trends in International Mathematics and Science study (TIMSS) ranked France as the 23th best country in the world, behind countries like Singapore (ranked 1), England (ranked 18) and Australia (ranked 13).

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