The start of the 2020 school year inaugurates a new formula internship bonus which is adjusted according to the level of the scholarship.

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Did you think boarding school was out of fashion?

This is not the opinion of the government, which has developed an educational project around these structures.

While 207,100 residents were accommodated in 1,531 establishments in 2018, i.e. 3.6% of public and private secondary school students, the State intends to significantly increase their reception capacity by 2022, in order to support 13,000 additional residents.

A secure environment that comes at a price

Beyond an accommodation solution that exempts students from making daily trips, the boarding school is considered by the Ministry of National Education as a tool of choice to ensure the academic and educational success of middle and high school students. , and especially those who do not have the optimal conditions to work from home.

This is why admission to a boarding school is based on geographic, but also social, family and educational criteria, in order to give privileged access to children from isolated rural areas, from priority neighborhoods, whose family belongs to a school culture, as well as students with special learning needs.

But you still have to be able to pay the bill.

In public boarding schools, the annual cost varies from 1,000 to 2,000 euros per year, while prices can exceed 10,000 euros in private institutions.

A new method of calculation

To finance this support, the most modest households can count on the allocation of a grant, depending on the number of dependent children and household resources, but also on an additional subsidy.

While the latter previously consisted of a lump sum of around 250 euros per year, a decree of August 7, 2020 changed its method of calculation.

From now on, the internship bonus is modulated according to the scholarship level held by the student.

In practice, college students can obtain a quarterly scholarship of 35, 98 or 153 euros for the 2020-2021 school year, to which will automatically be added a bonus of 258, 276 or 297 euros per year if they are in boarding school.

Likewise, in high school, the scholarship includes six levels, for an amount ranging from 147 to 311 euros per quarter, while the internship bonus, also modulated on six levels, reaches 258 and 423 euros per year.

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Approaches

Applications for a secondary scholarship are made online, from September 1 to October 15, on the Scolarité - Services de votre académie portal.

On the other hand, the internship bonus is granted automatically.

It takes the form of a deduction made three times during the school year on board costs.

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