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An école normale supérieure ((:ekɔl nɔʁmal sypeʁjœʁ)) or ENS is a type of publicly funded higher education in France. A portion of the student body who are French civil servants are called ''Normaliens'' : they are selected by an elitist examination. ENS also offers master's degrees. They could be compared to "Institutes for Advanced Studies" and constitute the top level of research-training education in the French university system. The history of ''écoles normales supérieures'' goes back to 30 October 1794 (9 brumaire an III) when ''École normale de l'an III'' was established during the French Revolution.〔)〕 The school was subsequently reestablished as ''pensionnat normal'' from 1808 to 1822, before being recreated in 1826 and taking the name of ''École normale'' in 1830. When institutes for primary teachers training called ''écoles normales'' were created in 1845, the word ''supérieure'' (meaning upper) was added to form the current name. The Savary law of 1984 restructured higher education in France and classified écoles normales supérieures within ''Établissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel''. As of January 2014, there are four ENS: the ''École Normale Supérieure'' located in Paris, the ''École Normale Supérieure de Lyon'' located in Lyon, the ''École Normale Supérieure de Cachan'' in Cachan near Paris and the ''École Normale Supérieure de Rennes'' near Rennes. A twin institution has existed in Italy since the time of Napoleon: Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. == History == After the suppression of the Society of Jesus in France in 1762, a debate arose on how to replace their role in education. The idea of an ''école normale'', a place to train teachers for the secondary schools, is already mentioned in a report on education made in 1768 by Rolland, president of the Parliament of Paris. The first ''école normale'' was established by the National Convention in a decree dated October 30, 1794.〔 Educated people from all parts of France were to be selected to attend the school and to subsequently return to found an ''école normale'' in their department for the education of primary schools teachers. The ''école normale de l'an III'' had renowned teachers such as Laplace, Lagrange, and Berthollet but was actually in function during only four months, from 20 January 1795 to 19 May 1795 or in the then in use French Republican Calendar from 1er pluviose of year III until 30 floréal of year III. In the decree of Napoleon of March 17, 1808, the institution was re-established as ''pensionnat normal''.〔 The candidates most promising for administration and education roles were admitted through a competitive examination. The students could attend courses at Collège de France, Muséum d'histoire naturelle or École polytechnique.〔 At ''école normale'', they received support from tutors for revising, laboratory experiments and teaching the art of teaching.〔 In 1880, Camille Sée established secondary education for girls. Subsequently, a law dated 29 July 1881 founded the ''École normale supérieure de jeunes filles'' located in Sèvres. Jules Ferry got a law passed on 9 August 1879 in order to force each department to establish and fund an institution to train primary school teachers for each gender (''école normale de garçons'' and ''école normale de filles'').〔 In order to train the teaching body of these schools, so-called ''écoles normales supérieures de l’enseignement primaire'' were needed. A decree dated 13 July 1880 set up the one for young women in Fontenay-aux-Roses, and later in March 1882 the male equivalent opened in Saint-Cloud. Starting in 1891, a section for teacher training named ''sections normales'' was established in the ''École des Arts et métiers'' of Châlons-sur-Marne (decree of 11 June 1891) and in the ''École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris'' (decree of 21 July 1894). A decree published on 15 June 1899 organized ''sections normales'' for women. These ''sections normales'' were grouped together in 1912 into a single school which was named "École normale supérieure de l'enseignement technique" in 1934. 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「École normale supérieure」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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