When she arrived at the head of the Ministry of National Education at the beginning of September, after a year of ministerial instability, Anne Genetet declared that “the ship will not change[t] no heading » but that she would adapt “speed”.
Mandatory certificate, need groups in 4e and in 3eoverhaul of programs or anticipated mathematics test in first grade… By presenting, Tuesday, November 12, what she called “Act II of the clash of knowledge”the minister follows in the footsteps of one of her predecessors, Gabriel Attal. In a context of strong budgetary constraints, it is however adapting the implementation of this policy, much criticized in the educational world.
Anne Genetet, close to the former prime minister, thus takes up one of the most significant measures of the policy carried out by her predecessor: the transformation of the national patent diploma into a compulsory exam to enter 2of. This choice of breaking with the history of the first school examination, which has never served as a barrier to entry into high school since its creation in 1947, was not defended by Nicole Belloubet, who directed the national education from February to September. It is taken over by the new ministerial team, but according to a looser timetable compared to that planned by Gabriel Attal.
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The complete patent reform will be effective for the 2027 session, for students currently in 5e, “at the end of the increase in the shock of knowledge”argues the ministry. In the name of this argument, Rue de Grenelle once mentioned the year 2028, the date on which students entered 6e At the start of the 2024 school year – the first whose entire college education has been reformed – will take the certificate.
Anne Genetet's teams justify this date of 2027 – which is conveniently that of the end of Emmanuel Macron's second term – to confirm the compulsory nature of the examination. They argue that students currently in 5e will have benefited from the very short-lived hour of support or in-depth study in mathematics and French during their year of 6e. The approximately 25,000 students who have completed their year without having passed the exam will have to enter CAP or join a “prep 2of » of one year. The system is currently being tested with around 1,300 students.
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The conditions for obtaining the patent will be reviewed from the 2026 session and in accordance with Gabriel Attal's initial plan: the final tests will have more weight (60%) than the continuous assessment (40%), today counted at equal parts. The continuous assessment scale will also be revised to no longer be based on mastery of skills, but on the average grades for the year.
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