The French Baccalaureat since 1985: level of qualification or type of diploma?
The French government adopted a policy of raising the education level of young people following a vocational track in response to the growing problems this group was experiencing in entering the labour market. To achieve these ends, a new diploma was created, the ‘bac professionnel’. In the French education system, the baccalaureat has traditionally operated as both a level of education and a social barrier. The baccalaureat thus offers its holders both the chance to follow higher-level studies and also access to middle and upper-middle class jobs. In creating a ‘bac professionnel’, the French ... Show more
Authors: Cam, Pierre
Published: Basingstoke, England, Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis, 2001
Resource type: Article
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