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the esl situation in france
2015, the ESL rate was 9.3% (Eurostat, 2016b). Despite the relatively low
overall rate of ESL, there are large discrepancies linked to socio-economic
and cultural factors and between regions (i.e. from 5.8% in Midi-Pyrénées
to 14.8% in Picardie in 2014; Eurostat, n.d.). The share of early leavers was
higher for foreign-born versus native-born (17.8% versus 9.1%) and for males
versus females (10.7% versus 8.7%) in 2014 (EC, 2014a). The same was true
in 2015 (14% and 8.1% for foreign-born and native-born; 9.5% and 7.4% for
males and females, respectively; EC, 2015). This is relevant to tackling ine-
quality in France.
Figure 3. France: time trend of share of the population aged 18–24 with at most a lower
secondary education and not in further education or training (Eurostat, 2016a)
Note. Lower secondary education refers to ISCED (International Standard Classification of
Education) 2011 level 0-2 for data from 2014 onwards and to ISCED 1997 level 0-3C short for data up
to 2013. In 2012, France changed methodology.
Insight into tackling the ESL issue in France
Up until the early 2000s ESL was not high on the political agenda in France,
but this has changed in the last decade. ESL has become a public prob-
lem and was even directly addressed in the presidential campaign in 2012
(Berthet & Simon, 2012; MEN, 2014a, b). It is important to note that some
French academics have challenged this view, more specifically they have
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2015, the ESL rate was 9.3% (Eurostat, 2016b). Despite the relatively low
overall rate of ESL, there are large discrepancies linked to socio-economic
and cultural factors and between regions (i.e. from 5.8% in Midi-Pyrénées
to 14.8% in Picardie in 2014; Eurostat, n.d.). The share of early leavers was
higher for foreign-born versus native-born (17.8% versus 9.1%) and for males
versus females (10.7% versus 8.7%) in 2014 (EC, 2014a). The same was true
in 2015 (14% and 8.1% for foreign-born and native-born; 9.5% and 7.4% for
males and females, respectively; EC, 2015). This is relevant to tackling ine-
quality in France.
Figure 3. France: time trend of share of the population aged 18–24 with at most a lower
secondary education and not in further education or training (Eurostat, 2016a)
Note. Lower secondary education refers to ISCED (International Standard Classification of
Education) 2011 level 0-2 for data from 2014 onwards and to ISCED 1997 level 0-3C short for data up
to 2013. In 2012, France changed methodology.
Insight into tackling the ESL issue in France
Up until the early 2000s ESL was not high on the political agenda in France,
but this has changed in the last decade. ESL has become a public prob-
lem and was even directly addressed in the presidential campaign in 2012
(Berthet & Simon, 2012; MEN, 2014a, b). It is important to note that some
French academics have challenged this view, more specifically they have
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