A few simple facts reveal the reasons for the catastrophic state in which French pupils find themselves when leaving school.
1) Since 1982 52 Ministers or junior Ministers have served in the Ministery of Education. For their posterity they all wanted to leave a trace of their period of service. This led to a series of corrections by later ministers and mayhem everywhere !
2) Every year since 1982 a rising percentage of pupils obtained the baccalaureat which qualified them to go to University. Last year 87% achieved this grade : the ultimate aim was to attain 100 % !
3) Due to the limited number of places available for certain courses of study, a selection based on a drawing of lots was introduced without any reference to the individual results of candidates !
President Macron is determined to put an end to this blind and inequitable method. The results of the pupils will in future be taken into account.
The consequence of not taking into account the results of individual candidates was that far too many students failed their first or second year exams at University and then left without any qualifications !
These young people were in fact misled by the system !
There are many manual and non-manual trades and professions which require admirable qualities, but which are different from those required to study in Universities.
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