elephant wrote:Chatelot 16 said:
alas I find that the quality of education in France is declining
My poor friend ! You should come to Belgium! And what does spelling reform mean?
To know the 2 systems (I was a few weeks in Belgium and I did all my schooling in France from 1984 to 2001 !!) I can say this:
a) The 2 systems are going down is clear and clear !!
b) The average level expected by teachers is higher in Belgium (eg primary equations in CE2 or CE1 for example and a patent-style examination at the end of primary school)
c) BUT, paradoxically, the average level of education of pupils seems to me lower in Belgium (at all ages)
d) But above all: the Belgian system is MONSTERLY more messy ... especially in nursery, primary and humanities (= middle school) = choice of "types" of schools ... Elephant will explain it to you better than me !! = big additional cost which could be affected elsewhere!
If you want to criticize the systems of national education whether in Belgium or France, I remind you this subject: Company-and-philosophy / the-gaps-the-program-of-the-education-national-t10049.html