Europe 1 with AFP 3:40 p.m., January 21, 2024

The private Catholic Stanislas college-high school, currently in turmoil, has been called to order by the Ministry of Higher Education over a “circumvention” of the Parcoursup rules.

In the establishment, “certain students are encouraged to renounce their other wishes in Parcoursup” in exchange for the “guarantee of being admitted” to the preparatory class for the grandes écoles (CPGE).

The Stanislas private school was called to order by the Ministry of Higher Education over a "circumvention" of Parcoursup rules, we learned on Sunday, confirming information from Mediapart, which claims that the son of the Minister of Education is concerned.

A report unveiled this week by the online media notes that in Stanislas, "certain students are encouraged to renounce their other wishes in Parcoursup" in exchange for the "guarantee of being admitted" to the preparatory class for the grandes écoles (CPGE) .

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The report notes that the practice is "very isolated" among high schools with CPGEs: "In 2023, out of more than 600,000 high school students who have made wishes in Parcoursup, there are only 41 candidates who have made only one wish " for a CPGE in the establishment where they are in their final year and "38 are students of Stanislas".

According to Mediapart, the eldest son of the Minister of National Education, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, in turmoil for more than a week, is among these 38 students.

A letter addressed to the school to “remind it of its commitments” to respect the Parcoursup charter

The Ministry of Higher Education announced on Sunday that at the end of its investigations, the general inspectorate “sent a letter in August reporting this circumvention”.

A letter was sent on January 17 to Stanislas "to remind him of his commitments" to respect the Parcoursup charter, in particular "respect for the principles of 'Freedom of expression of expressed wishes and choice of admission proposals' and of 'non-discrimination, equal treatment, fairness and transparency'", specifies the ministry.

“The head of the establishment was asked to confirm that all arrangements have been made in this regard within his establishment for the 2024 session which is opening,” continued the ministry, which added that it “will assess the actions to be taken conduct in light of the responses of the head of the establishment".

“There is plenty of room for all the other students who want to apply,” assures the director of Stanislas

The director of Stanislas Frédéric Gautier said on Sunday on BFMTV that the students of the establishment decided “themselves” on the choice they made.

“There is plenty of room for any other students who want to apply, so there is no insider trading,” he continued.

“If we have to do otherwise, we will do otherwise, but we do not have the feeling of harming students who come from outside or of deceiving our own students,” he insisted.

Asked by AFP, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra's entourage recalled that she "is the subject of deportation concerning acts relating to the Stanislas establishment".

In a response provided to Mediapart, he indicated that "like other families", that of the minister "followed the procedure planned by Stanislas and each of the stages planned by Parcoursup".

Questioned on Sunday in the program "Political Questions" (France Inter, FranceinfoTV and

Le Monde

) on whether Amélie Oudéa-Castéra was too weakened to remain in her post, the Minister for Gender Equality Aurore Bergé assured that he did not see “why she would not have the possibility of staying”.

“At some point, we have to stop with this subject,” said Aurore Bergé, judging it “unbearable” to go “searching into the privacy of families”.