• The posting system at the lycée in Paris, Affelnet, has been reformed.

  • The rectorate of Paris made public on Tuesday its first assessment of the reform, which it considers positive.

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This Tuesday is a milestone for the Parisian college students of 3rd.

Not only is it the last day of the patent exams, but it is also the day where they learned in which high school they will be assigned.

And this year, the parents of pupils and the heads of establishments are even more attentive to these results, because Affelnet, the procedure of assignment of the pupils in the Parisian high schools, was reformed.

The rectorate also unveiled on Tuesday a first assessment of its reform.

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Will there be fewer unaffected students this year?

Each year, students find themselves without a high school at the end of June. Last year, they were 668. This year, 428. But this time, they are sure to find an establishment: there are more vacant places (488) than students in galley, while last year, it Only a hundred remained for Affelnet's second round. These students will nevertheless have to make new wishes on Affelnet and wait until July 8. Another observation: they will have more choices this year, because 9 high schools still offer places: Colbert, Rabelais, Valéry, Bergson, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Fauré, Villon, Dubois, Claude Bernard.

"On the efficiency of the procedure, we have succeeded", welcomes Christophe Kerrero, the rector of the Paris academy.

Elise Lemaire, from the parents' collective in the 5th arrondissement, is less enthusiastic: “The rectorate does not detail how many places there are left in each of these high schools.

It is a safe bet that the majority of them are vacant in the less attractive establishments, ”she underlines.

Did more students get their first choice?

Yes, more than 60% of students of all courses (general or technological second) are affected on their first wish, against 57.1% last year.

But the results are less good if we look at the allocation of students in general second, because they are 54.9% to have obtained their first wish, against 49% in 2020.

And 84.1% of students of all courses have obtained one of their first three wishes, against 80.4% last year.

This figure is also less good for the pupils who requested a second general, since they are 81.5% to have obtained one of their first three wishes, against 77.2% last year.

"The rectorate estimates that the satisfaction rate is improving, but if a family obtains its third wish, one can imagine that it is about an average establishment which was located in its sector and that it will therefore not be satisfied" , comments Elise Lemaire.

Is social diversity improving?

Yes, in the socially most privileged high schools, the rate of scholarship holders is strengthening. In particular in Carnot, Buffon, Chaptal, Charlemagne, Condorcet, Boucher, Janson, Montaigne, Racine, Sophie Germain, Victor Hugo and at the Lycée Duruy. “We are also witnessing a rebalancing of scholarship holders by institution. The rate of scholarship holders increases in highly advantaged high schools and decreases in those which are not, such as Bergson, Rabelais or Quinet ”, indicates Christophe Kerrero. This would mean that the students were less likely to self-censor.

The fact that the pupils had 5 secondary schools to choose from was a factor, because families suddenly favored one of them, even when the establishment had a less privileged social profile.

"Some high schools which were not at all in the radar of families have become", assures the rector.

The high schools traditionally avoided by families also attract more good students this year, according to Claire Mazeron, academic director in charge of high schools, who cites the example of Voltaire: "The challenge was to bring in class heads, and we are getting there.

Because last year, only 7 students had more than 15 average.

This year, they are 52. Which means that there will be 4 or 5 very good students per class.

It is interesting to revive the dynamic ”.

Did middle-level students fare better?

A priori, yes, because the reform has lowered the pressure to enter attractive high schools.

"We have more students with 12 or 13 average in very attractive high schools," said the rector of Paris.

High schools like Chaptal, Charlemagne, Sophie Germain, Racine, Monet, Fénelon, Boucher, La Fontaine, Lavoisier, or Montaigne will welcome more intermediate level students.

Example with the prestigious Charlemagne high school: in 2020, it welcomed 95% of students with 15 or more average.

This year, they are 75%.

"But, the remaining 25% have between 12 and 14 on average, the school mix is ​​therefore quite relative", underlines Elise Lemaire.

Have the students been “under house arrest”?

Parents' associations feared that the sectorization system would not allow a student to leave his neighborhood.

But according to the rector, "there was no house arrest, since 31 out of 44 high schools offered 717 places in sector 2 or sector 3 [therefore outside of sector 1 of the pupil]", indicates- he does.

What will be the consequences of this new situation in high schools?

The establishments will receive less homogeneous audiences, which will push teachers to adapt their requirements. “In high schools that are experiencing strong changes, we will support the practices of teachers so that they can put in place all the support strategies for lower-level students,” promises Christophe Kerrero. In addition to tutoring and personalized support offered to students, high schools may use overtime to set up level groups. “When the profile of the students is disadvantaged, we allocate a larger hourly allocation to the establishment,” explains Claire Mazeron.

On the other hand, as Elise Lemaire underlines, “the whole issue is to keep the students in 1st.

However, many very good high schools get rid of the less good at the end of the second ”.

Especially since some Parisian establishments do not have enough 1st grade classes for all 2nd grade students.

To avoid this "second selection", "we asked high schools to keep all their scholarship holders in 1st", replies Claire Mazeron.

And for the others, "we will guarantee students enrollment in a high school with the same profile," she continues.

This new composition of high schools could also have an impact on the grading of students, which could be revised upwards or downwards by teachers depending on the level of their students.

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