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Education in France

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School system in France

The French educational system is highly centralized, organized, and ramified. It is divided into three different stages:

• the primary education (enseignement primaire);
• secondary education (enseignement secondaire);
• higher education (enseignement supérieur).

This degrees are recognized by the Bologna Process (EU recognition):

• Licence and Licence Professionnelle (Bachelor)
• Master (Master)
• Doctorat (Doctorate)

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Jules Ferry

Main article: History of education in France

While the French trace the development of their educational system to Napoléon, the modern era of French education begins at the end of the nineteenth century. Jules Ferry, a lawyer holding the office of Minister of Public Instruction in the 1880s, is widely credited for creating the modern school (l'école républicaine) by requiring all children between the ages of 6 and 12 - both boys and girls - to attend. He also made public instruction mandatory, free of charge and secular (laïque). With these laws, known as Jules Ferry laws, and several others, the Third Republic repealed most of the Falloux Laws of 1850-1851, which gave an important role to the clergy.

Education in France
Ministry of National Education
Minister Deputy Minister	Luc Chatel
National education budget (2009)
Budget	€64.6 billion
General Details
Primary Languages	French
System Type	Central
Literacy (2003)
Total	991
Male
Female
Enrollment
Total	15.0 million2
Primary	6.7 million
Secondary	4.8 million
Post Secondary	2.3 million3
Attainment
Secondary diploma	79.7%
Post-secondary diploma	27%
1As of 2004, literacy rates are no longer collected within INSEE censuses. 2Includes private education. 3Includes universities, CPGE, and technical schools.