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In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''collèges'' ((:kɔˈlɛʒ)) cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15 * ''lycées'' ((:liˈseː)) provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between the ages of 15 and 18. Pupils are prepared for the ''baccalauréat'' ((:bakaloreˈa)) (baccalaureate, colloquially known as ''le bac''). The ''baccalauréat'' can lead to higher education studies or directly to professional life. ==Organization of the school year== The school year starts in early September and ends in early-July. French school holidays are scheduled by the Ministry of Education, by dividing the country into three zones (A, B, and C) to prevent the overcrowding by family holidaymakers of tourist destinations such as the Mediterranean coast and the ski resorts. Lyon, for example, is in zone A, while Marseille is in zone B, and Paris and Bordeaux are in zone C. In contrast to the practice in most other education systems, the various school years in France are numbered on a decreasing scale. Thus, pupils begin their secondary education in the ''sixième'' (6th class), and transfer to a ''lycée'' in the ''seconde'' (2nd class), while the final year is the ''terminale''. In French, the word for "étudiant(e)'' is usually reserved for university-level students, while ''collège'' and ''lycée'' students are referred to as ''élèves'' (''pupils'' or ''students'' in English). The curriculum (''le programme officiel'') is standardized for all French public institutions. Changes to the programme are made every year by the French Ministry of Education and are published in the Ministry's ''Bulletin Officiel de l'Éducation Nationale'' (''BO''), the official reference bulletin for educators. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Secondary education in France」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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