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The eighties saw considerable qualitative and quantitative development of the technical and vocational training facilities for young people within the French educational system. The downgrading in job terms of those holding formal qualifications, above-average unemployment, and the perpetuation of public-sector assistance for the placement of young people in jobs testify to the growing cost of adjustment on the youth labour market. The weakness of institutional provision for recognising qualifications and the ambiguities in French educational strategy are causes of serious depreciation. Overcoming these difficulties will call for major structural changes in the training field, as also in employment and work organization.