Education in France

    While studying abroad in France, I learned a few different things about education there. Education in France has three different levels. They are: the primary education, secondary education, and higher education. The primary education level starts at the mandatory age of six. Secondary education starts at college for the four years after primary education, and after college, you can go to lycee for the next three years. Last, in your your higher education, you can get your Masters Degree or Doctorate Degree.
     In some countries, you have to meet certain criteria to go to school there. In France, primary school is mandatory and starts young. For college and higher levels of education, you have to meet requirements to go to college like here in America.
     Graduation requirements in France consist of as many academic credits as they need to graduate their course, time limit requirements, and academic eligibility.   
     The education in France is much like the one in the US. The hours are pretty much alike and the students get to choose what classes they take in high school. French schools have an elementary school, middle school, and high school, just like the United States.

     In France, their school days cannot exceed 8 hours. For elementary school, the day begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m. with a two hour break from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The kids and teachers don’t go to school Wednesday, but go from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning. In middle and high school, the students go five days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. They have a one hour lunch break. This is just for public schools; the private school days may be very different.