At the beginning of the 2022 academic year, there are 566 French high schools abroad to educate 390,000 students from kindergarten to baccalaureate. Will they be able to reach the target of 700,000 by 2030, set by President Macron four years ago? There goes “impact and outreach strategy“From France, hammered the head of state, in August, while ambassadors gathered in France for the first time since the Covid crisis. The choice of immigrants and local elites, these high schools, with one-third French and two-thirds foreigners, undertake the mission of public service education, combined with diplomatic mission and exposure to French culture. A network that has evolved little over the past fifteen years and is bearing the brunt of foreign competition.
“In the 24 countries I have visited since January, I see that the common problem for all of them is the recruitment of teachers.notes Damien Regnard, Senator (LR), representing the…
Source: Le Figaro
