Education in France

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  The Failing French Education System

  Tuesday 25 March 2008, by Rob

  The French view of their education system as one of the best in the world is hardly reflected by their leading establishments’ low rankings in the world.

  In the top 100 world universities or further education establishments, France manages just two entries at 26th and 28th, the ENS and the Ecole Polytechnique.

  The ENS and the Ecole Polytechnique have a combined annual intake of 694 students. They are ’Grand Ecoles’ with all the snoberry and elitism that one associates with the finishing schools of the (...)