New "record" for Breton bilingual education in the private sector

Illustration of a Breton French bilingual school in Rennes.

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The teaching of Breton is on the rise in the private sector.

In Brittany, nine new bilingual courses have opened in this very special return to school, the Academic Committee for Catholic Education (CAEC) reported on Thursday.

"A record", according to its representatives.

"The Breton language and culture are part of the heritage to be kept, transmitted and developed", declared Françoise Gautier, secretary general of the CAEC.

In all, in the private sector, nearly 5,500 students are thus enrolled in Breton courses in more than one hundred establishments, mainly in Finistère and Morbihan.

This year in Brittany, more than 250,000 students entered the private network, which represents 42% of students, or twice the national average (20%).

"This is the great originality of Brittany," said Patrick Lamour, diocesan director of Finistère, considering that the only other region in France with a similar profile was the Pays-de-la-Loire.

The private sector, sometimes the only recourse

Brittany also has the particularity of having several municipalities where there is only one private school.

"In 166 municipalities, the only existing school is a Catholic school, thus contributing to the maintenance of an education network", notes the CAEC.

A few years ago, the Federation of Parents of FCPE Students denounced this lack of public schools.

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