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  Learn more about Secondary education in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Secondary education, or secondary school, is a period of education which follows directly after primary education (such as middle school), and which may be followed by tertiary education.
Primary and secondary education together are sometimes (in particular, in Canada and the United States) referred to as "K-12" education, (K is for kindergarten, 12 is for twelfth grade).
Secondary education is referred to by different names in different countries, see education by country.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /s/se/secondary_education.html   (289 words)

  
 Education in France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The head of the ministry is the Minister of National Education, one of the highest-ranking officials in the cabinet.
At the primary and secondary levels, the curricula is the same for all French students in a given grade, in public and semi-public (or subsidized) institutions.
A striking trait of higher education in France, compared to other countries such as the United States, is the small size and multiplicity of establishments, each specialized in a more or less broad spectrum of disciplines.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Education_in_France   (1933 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - France
Many of the main features of the modern educational system were adopted in the late 19th century, under the leadership of Education Minister Jules Ferry.
Among later modifications were the establishment of free tuition in secondary and technical schools, the separation of church and state in education in 1905, and the extension of compulsory school attendance to the age of 16 in 1959.
France first attained cultural preeminence in Europe during the Middle Ages; later, the wealth of the French crown in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries provided a subsidization of art on a scale comparable to that of the papacy in Rome, attracting to Paris many of Europe’s most talented artists and artisans.
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 Secondary education Online Research :: Information about Secondary education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In some educational systems, secondary schools are literally termed Middle school ; the use of this term, however, is not consistent around the world as middle school in some systems refers to the first period of secondary schooling, or alternately, the last period of primary education.
Primary and secondary education together are sometimes (in particular, in Canada, Australia and the United States) referred to as "K-12" education, (K is for Kindergarten, 12 is for twelfth grade).
Secondary education in the United States : High school (usually grades 9-12 or 10-12 also termed senior high school); junior high school (6-8 or 6-9, or other variations) and Middle school (6-8, 7-8, or 5-8) are sometimes considered secondary education.
www.in-northcarolina.com /search/Secondary_education.html   (787 words)

  
 State of education : Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
France belongs to the group of countries with an important level of activity at the initial learning stage: the expectations regarding attendance are high, as the foundation stage is one of the longest.
However, during the second part of their secondary education, after a pronounced trend at the end of the 1980s towards general courses, pupils are once again turning towards vocational training, where courses in agriculture and apprenticeships have seen a marked upturn.
As for the opportunities to enter higher education, these now concern more than half of younger generations, having increased globally by a factor of 2.2 over a period of 15 years, while this factor is 3.6 for the children of manual workers, whose relative handicap is thus tending to decrease (11).
www.education.gouv.fr /stateval/etat/eetat/eintro.htm   (2182 words)

  
 Secondary education in France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The collège is the first level of secondary education in the French educational system.
The curriculum is devised by the French Ministry of National Education and applies for all public collèges in France and also for AEFE-dependent institutions.
The lycée is the second and last level of secondary education in the French educational system.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secondary_education_in_France   (1801 words)

  
 Education in France Online Research :: Information about Education in France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The head of the ministry is the Minister of National Education (France), one of the highest-ranking officials in the cabinet.
At the primary and secondary levels, the Curriculum is the same for all French students in a given grade, in public and semi-public (or subsidized) institutions.
The grandes écoles of France are higher education establishments outside the mainstream framework of the public University.
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 Secondary Education in the European Union: Structures, Organisation and Administration - Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In most countries, the start of compulsory education coincides with the point of entry to primary school (except in Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) and the end coincides with the transition from lower to upper secondary education (except in France, Austria and the United Kingdom (England and Wales and Northern Ireland)).
This is the case in particular in Denmark for the folkeskole (at upper secondary school, it is decided at school level), in Greece and in Spain (no more than 30 pupils per class in lower secondary and vocational education, and in upper secondary education no more than 35).
In upper secondary education, the schools themselves have some scope for deciding the number of pupils in each class, although the general frame is decided centrally.
www.eurydice.org /Documents/second/en/cD1seen.htm   (2252 words)

  
 France
Four years of lower secondary school at the collËge; the first two years are called the sixiËme and cinquiËme and together are known as the observation cycle (cycle d'observation); the second two years at collËge - the quatriËme and troisiËme - are called the orientation and guidance cycle (cycle d'orientation).
The recteurs are, in turn, represented by directors of education (inspecteurs d'acadÈmie) in each French dÈpartement; the academic inspector is responsible for supervising primary and parts of secondary education.
Education at the lycÈe culminates with the baccalaurÈat examination, for which students spend the last two years of lycÈe preparing.
www.edc.org /CCT/saw2000/nations/fra.htm   (1774 words)

  
 French Culture | education: Primary and Secondary Education
Secondary school leads to the "Brevet des collèges", an exam based on the main disciplines taught at school and which qualifies pupils to enter high school.
Secondary vocational education courses in a designated practical or technical field, may be chosen after the fifth or third form.
Created in 1985, the Vocational Baccalaureate is aimed at holders of a BEP or a CAP wishing to continue their studies for a two-year period in secondary educational establishments.
www.info-france-usa.org /culture/education/france/system/primary.html   (289 words)

  
 France's Educational System
France is seeing a slow aging of the population — less marked however than in other neighbouring countries (Germany and Italy), especially as the annual number of births is currently increasing slightly.
As far as school education spending is concerned, France is in a middle position, behind the Nordic countries (Sweden and Denmark), but fairly significantly ahead of Italy and Japan.
France has 60,000 primary schools catering to pupils during their first five years of formal education: the first three years (CP - cours préparatoire - and CEl/CE2 - cours élementaire 1 and 2) provide a grounding in the basic skills.
www.discoverfrance.net /France/Education/DF_education.shtml   (940 words)

  
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Marie-Nathalie D'Hoop, a Belgian national, completed her secondary school education in France, having spent four years at secondary school there, and her French diploma is recognised by the Belgian authorities as equivalent to the Belgian national certificate.
She took advantage of the opportunity to spend four years in secondary education in France and concluded that period of study with a diploma which is recognised in Belgium as being equivalent to the Belgian higher school leaving certificate.
Why Ms D'Hoop went to school in France and how she came to take advantage of the freedom granted under Article 18 EC to attend school in Lille are matters irrelevant in the present context: it may have been as part of an exchange programme or may have been at her own initiative.
curia.eu.int /jurisp/cgi-bin/gettext.pl?lang=en&num=79979778C19980224&doc=T&ouvert=T&seance=CONCL   (6222 words)

  
 Math in French education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The definition and implementation of educational policy is the responsibility of the government, except for the "fundamental principles of education" determined by the law voted for by Parliament.
As in secondary schools, the programmes are national, are determined by the government, and reflect the content of the competitive admission examinations of the Grandes Écoles.
Many students, especially from a lower social background or vocational and technological secondary education, prefer this system to the university system, but admission in the first year is subject to quotas and is therefore difficult to gain.
www.cfem.asso.fr /syseden.html   (11875 words)

  
 Education France In Secondary - Learning RU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
… Liberty of education at both the primary and secondary level came to mean … and State could co-operate in the education of France's next generation.
France andgt; Ile-de-France andgt; Primary and Secondary Education in the...
France Education is free and compulsory between the ages of 6 and 16.
learning.ru.com /education-france-in-secondary.html   (501 words)

  
 School Heads in the European Union: Executive Summary (1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In England and Wales, in schools maintained by local education authorities (LEAs), school heads must answer to school governing bodies (bodies responsible for school organisation), to which the 1988 Education Reform Act has given the authority to appoint and dismiss teachers although the LEA remains their official employer.
Until the end of July 1996, selection in Iceland was conducted by the Ministry, but from 1 August 1996 it is conducted by local authorities (pre-school and compulsory education) or by the Ministry on the recommendation of the skólanefnd, the body responsible for school operations in upper secondary education.
Although the local education authority remains the formal employer of teachers and headteachers in the schools it maintains, it appoints and dismisses staff on the recommendation of the school governing body.
www.eurydice.org /Documents/Head/en/summary.htm   (1827 words)

  
 France: Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Its most important and controversial provision was the legal incorporation of the principle of "libe rty of education," which had the effect of expanding the role of the Church in schooling and making it partner with the state at the secondary level as it had been at the primary level.
At the level of secondary schooling, the law allowed anyone who was twenty-five years of age or older and had a baccalaureate or five years teaching in a secondary school to found a secondary school.
Liberty of education at both the primary and secondary level came to mean instruction by priests and nuns.
www.cats.ohiou.edu /~Chastain/dh/franedu.htm   (1810 words)

  
 Education France Medical - Education RU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Amazon.com: Books: Becoming a Physician: Medical Education in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, 1750-1945 by Thomas Neville Bonner.
Paloweb health medicine education medical conferences medical conference, … Études en France "Education in France": * Secondary education in France
Education andgt; Study in France: Medical/Insurance … enrolment in the student social security plan, a branch of the general social security system in France.
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 SOME LESSONS FROM THE FRENCH SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The French feel that basic aim of education is to prepare the students, not just for a living, but for the life ahead.
Study of philosophy is meant to focus on one of the basic objectives of education-to develop free thinking and critical mind.
As compared to the pre-primary and primary levels, the secondary education in France had been somewhat weak with a number of structures.
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 Embassy of France in the US - School system in France
In France, school is compulsory from six to sixteen years old.
From nursery school to higher education, families have the option of sending their children to free and coeducational public schools, or to pay for private ones.
From the age of 2 or 3 children can attend the local kindergarten (maternelle), which is state run and administered by the local authorities.
www.info-france-usa.org /visitingfrance/school.asp   (318 words)

  
 Quincy Herald-Whig
Le Coz is finished with her secondary education in France, but is spending the year here in the United States as a senior at Hannibal High School.
She intends to return to France and begin studying medicine, and then, as a doctor, work in third world countries.
She said few Americans are aware of the many reasons behind the government of France's decision not to rush to or subsequently back the war, among which includes a large Muslim population in France.
www.whig.com /299876675045002.php   (700 words)

  
 XXIV Bienal - Roberto Matta
It is said that he studied painting at the studio of a Chilean "cubist painter," Hernán Gazmuri, who had been to France and practiced a form of "cubism" that consisted of a geometrization of classical themes.
His friendship with the architect Sergio Larraín García-Moreno is important because Larraín received his secondary education in France and Switzerland.
Because of his educational background and the eminent position of his family, he was allowed to complete his education in only three and a half years, graduating in 1927, the year in which Matta entered the same school.
www.uol.com.br /bienal/24bienal/nuh/inuhmatta02a.htm   (616 words)

  
 The Islamic headscarf ban: a French teacher's view   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
As a teacher who has taught in secondary education in France for many years, I am in agreement with the principles and analysis enunciated in Alex Lefèbvre’s article on the new law on the wearing of religious signs, posted on the WSWS on February 18.
It should not be forgotten that the Catholic Church controls the education of some 18 percent of the French population, a proportion that is rising because of the declining resources allocated to the public education service.
French state education has been and remains the most exquisite expression of this jacobinisme, which is defended under the guise of secularism, laïcité.
www.wsws.org /articles/2004/mar2004/head-m23_prn.shtml   (1773 words)

  
 John Meyendorff - OrthodoxWiki
Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, on February 17, 1926, Protopresbyter John Meyendorff completed his secondary education in France and his theological education at the St.
Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute (Paris, France) in 1949.
In France he was an Assistant Professor of Church History at the Orthodox Theological Institute, and a Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
orthodoxwiki.org /John_Meyendorff   (1044 words)

  
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Arthayukti received his secondary education in France and the United States, graduating with a BA in international relations from the University of Southern California in 1964.
Two of his folksong collections, Sing the Sea (arranged for elementary and junior high choirs) and Twelve Songs of Newfoundland (creative experiences for choir and classroom instruments), are popular with youth choirs.
In 1971 he joined Paprican, a non-profit collaborative research and education organization supported by the pulp and paper industry.
www.mun.ca /univrel/gazette/1999-2000/Sept.23/news/n02-hon.html   (1598 words)

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