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Élisabeth Borne unveils student guidance overhaul with teacher training and gap-year incentives

Students will receive four half-day orientation workshops each year, with universities doubling foundational-year offerings by 2027

Une opération de service civique dating organisée par l’association Infos jeunes de Poitiers le 14 septembre 2023.
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Overview

  • Beginning autumn 2025, 30,000 third-grade main teachers will undergo a half-day training session on student guidance
  • Pupils from 5e to terminale will benefit from four dedicated orientation half-days per year backed by a structured competency program
  • The government will promote post-bac gap years for civic service, associative work or travel after only around 9,000 students currently take time off
  • Universities will expand multidisciplinary propaedeutic years from 22 institutions today to 45 by 2027 to assist hesitant baccalaureate holders
  • A Défenseur des droits report has branded France’s existing guidance system unclear, fragmented and unequal, noting its role in perpetuating social inequalities