DEBATE ON THE FUTURE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN FRANCE
CERN has been informed by the French authorities that in the framework of the French government-led "National Debate on the Future of Schools" a meeting and discussion forum open to all will be held in the Salle du Vidolet, Cessy, on Tuesday 16 December 2003 from 7.30 to 11.00 p.m.
For more information on this nationwide debate that aims to reach a common assessment and thus contribute to laying the foundations of France's future education system, please consult the following website:
http://www.debatnational.education.fr/.
In this context it should be noted that the French Government inter alia has committed itself to maintaining the following conditions at the Ferney Voltaire Lycée and Collège:
- priority admission for French and non-French pupils whose parents are CERN staff members,
- the international nature of both establishments, where the curricula are designed to help pupils re-adapt to the teaching systems in their country of origin, should they return there,
- the preparation of pupils for foreign or intenational diplomas recognised by other CERN Member States.
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