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GRANDES ECOLES [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education (General)
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

[Post-secondary classes are offered in France by] certain lycées and colleges for students preparing for the competitive entrance examinations to the grandes écoles [institutions of higher education attached to various ministries and training personnel for the most responsible posts in the administration].

OBS

The above context is drawn from the definition of "classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles" given in WOSUR 1955, p. 382.

Key term(s)
  • entrance competition

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
DEF

épreuves organisées à l'entrée de certains établissements dont les populations sont fixées (ex. concours d'entrée aux Grandes Écoles de France) ou de certains cycles d'enseignement dont les effectifs sont contingentés (ex. concours d'admission aux écoles normales en France). Il en est de même pour l'admission dans les Grammar Schools de beaucoup de circonscriptions scolaires anglaises où les taux d'inscription sont déterminés d'avance d'après les effectifs des classes primaires supérieures [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Educational Institutions
DEF

Highly competitive, elite institutions at the university level that prepare graduates for careers in commerce, industry, and specific areas of the civil service.

CONT

Grandes écoles are the very best institutions of French higher education. To prepare for the grandes écoles entrance competitions, students must enrol in corresponding preparatory classes. Courses are held in selected high schools and private institutions and run from two years to three years.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements d'enseignement
DEF

Établissements autonomes qui dispensent un enseignement de haute spécialisation au niveau universitaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Establecimientos de enseñanza
CONT

Particularidad francesa, las Grandes Écoles, creadas paralelamente al sistema universitario desde el principio del siglo XIX, continúan dispensando una enseñanza profesionalizada de alto nivel y son muy selectivas.

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