Report "Challenges of integration in schools"
The High Council for Integration (HCI) (Haut Conseil à l’Intégration) devoted a report to the 'challenges of integration in schools'. It made 50 recommendations to facilitate the integration of young immigrants. Of these, include compulsory education from 3 years, the creation of reception classes in city centres for children arriving from overseas, the establishing of a longitudinal study of young immigrants, the abolishing of teaching schemes for languages and cultures of origin, awareness-raising among parents, and, a proposal that has caused some indignation, a reminder of the link between the right to receive family benefits and obligations with respect to compulsory education. Reception of the report was reserved, especially from certain education unions.
Source:
- High Council for Integration (HCI) (Haut Conseil à l’Intégration) The challenges of integration in schools, Paris, La Documentation Française, January 2011, lesrapports.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/BRP/114000053/0000.pdf.
