The Academy in France ( French académie ) is a territorial-administrative unit in the educational system of France , an academic council or a school district. Academies are responsible for all issues of public education (personnel, budget, etc.) in a given region and are subordinate to the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Higher Education of the country. There are 35 academies, of which 26 are on the European continent and 9 are in overseas possessions .
Each academy is led by a rector elected by the teachers of the respective region on the proposal of the president of the republic. The administration of the academy is located in the largest city in the corresponding region.
Such an organization allows state policy in education, determined by the government, in the context of local territorial entities. Primary school education is organized at the commune level (analogous to a district in Russia), secondary school education ( college in France) at the department level, and senior school education (lyceum in France) and university education at the regional level.
Content
- 1 Territorial division
- 2 History
- 3 See also
- 4 References
Territorial division
The territory of France is divided into 35 academies: 26 on the European continent and 9 in overseas possessions . Each academy is divided into several departments . French public schools abroad are also assigned to a specific academy. The regions of the academy practically correspond to administrative regions with the exception of the three largest regions, which are divided as follows:
- The Rhône-Alpes region is divided into two academies:
- Lyon ( En , Loire and Rhone );
- Grenoble ( Ardeche , Drome , Isere , Savoy and Upper Savoy ).
- The Ile-de-France region is divided into three academies:
- Paris
- Versailles ( Yvelines , Essonne , Hauts-de-Seine and Val d'Oise );
- Creteil ( Seine and Marne , Seine-Saint-Denis and Val de Marne ).
- The Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region is divided into two academies:
- Aix - Marseille ( Alps of Haute Provence , Alps Hautes , Bush du Rhone and Vaucluse );
- Nice ( Alpes-Maritimes and Var ).
By the number of students, the largest academy is the Academy of Versailles.
History
Napoleon first divided the Imperial University (now the University of France ) into regional units in 1808 , which created the academy of regions. At that time, there were 29 academies.
See also
- Education in France
- University of France