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18/06/2013 - France

French TV campaign wants parents to stop smacking kids

A campaign on French television this weekend will show in slow motion a young boy being smacked by his mother, in a bid to shock parents out of the practice.

17/06/2013

French press review 17 June 2013

Iran and the French school leaving examinations are this morning's headline stories.

Mature students grapple with France's  baccalauréat exam
17/06/2013 - On-the-spot France

Mature students grapple with France's baccalauréat exam

Some 660,000 secondary school students across France sit down today for the first of the series of exams which make up the baccalauréat, known as the bac.

29/05/2013

African press review 29 May 2013

Kenya's teachers threaten strike action. MPs reverse a pay cut and take the rest of the week off after their exertions. Police chiefs feud. Is the ICC racist?

 

29/05/2013

French press review 29 May 2013

Hands off our patriarchy! seems to be Le Figaro slogan of the day. La Croix looks at the Syrian catastrophe. And what have Qatar and Russia got to do with French football?

24/05/2013

French press review 24 May 2013

In the wake of the suicide car bombings on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger, the papers ask what next?

23/05/2013 - France

French MPs vote bill for lectures in English at French universities

France's lower house on Thursday approved a plan to allow more courses to be taught in English at French universities, despite concerns that such a move might undermine efforts to promote the ...

23/05/2013

French press review 23 May 2013

How many teachers do you need to run the French national education system? Nicolas Sarkozy thought you could do with fewer. He got rid of 80,000 teachers in his five years as president.

22/05/2013

French press review 22 May 2013

The threat of English continues to terrify certain French editors this morning. And a report says that billions are salted away in overseas tax-dodging accounts.

Should French universities have classes in English?
22/05/2013 - On-the-spot France

Should French universities have classes in English?

France’s parliament today begins debating a Socialist government proposal to allow university classes to be taught in foreign languages, namely English.

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