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Posted by Rozenn Milin on May 26, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n

Those who tend to travel around our site might have noticed how much there is on Africa, Latin America, Oceania or India\u2026 Some may even end up thinking it is easier to handle questions of diversity in distant countries rather than in our homelands: distance gives these cultures a tinge of mystery, of uniqueness, and makes them somehow more seducing, more precious.<\/p>\n

Yet the languages of the French Hexagon \u2013 Basque, Breton, Corsican, Occitan, Alsatian, etc. are also worth attention, and it is equally important to have them protected. Numerous activists have devoted themselves to these languages over the decades, and just for the sake of good news we cannot resist the pleasure of telling you about school results in the bilingual Breton-French educational system, implemented in Brittany around 30 years ago.<\/p>\n

French daily paper Le Figaro<\/em> has recently published their 2010 French high-school school ranking, and the results of this survey must have surprised many of the paper\u2019s readers. No \u201cgrand\u201d Parisian school in the lead: the first place comes to a school located in Beaune, region of Burgundy, and the second, to the Diwan<\/em> school<\/strong> of Carhaix in the Finist\u00e8re Department, on the west tip of Brittany\u2026<\/p>\n

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The success of regional language education<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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Created in 1977, Diwan<\/em> is a federation of free schools<\/strong>, ranging from kindergarten to the end of secondary school, which distinguish themselves for providing instruction\u2026 in Breton. The Diwan method is based on immersion: French is progressively introduced from the second year of elementary school; at the beginning of coll\u00e8ge<\/em> (French equivalent of junior high-school), the instruction divides into two thirds taught in Breton\/one third in French; and then from the third year of secondary school, some subjects start being provided in English.<\/p>\n

First-off when visiting these schools, the most striking is the children\u2019s open-mindedness: teenagers who speak fluent English, the Arabic classes in remote Brittany, the generalized practice of music, etc.<\/p>\n

And the results speak for themselves: in French, the evaluations conducted during elementary school and the beginning of middle school show that the level of Diwan<\/em> pupils is by and large above national average. In 1992, eight of the first Diwan<\/em> pupils passed their Brevet des coll\u00e8ges<\/em> exam (French equivalent to the British GCSE) as well as the English Cambridge First Degree<\/em> with a 100% success rate. And in 2010, Le Figaro<\/em> ranks the Carhaix Diwan<\/em> school \u201c2nd best secondary school in France<\/strong><\/a>\u201d, among 1 930 other schools across the country.<\/p>\n

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Drastic selection or pupil support?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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An explanation to those who find this last result surprising, given that the success rate of the 2009 baccalaur\u00e9at<\/em> (the French final secondary school diploma) was \u201conly\u201d of 99% for Carhaix junior-high, whereas more prestigious schools such as Louis Le Grand<\/em> or Henri IV<\/em> ended up with 100%: the rate referred to from now on is a \u201ccohort rate<\/strong>\u201d, considered as more relevant.<\/p>\n

The baccalaur\u00e9at<\/em> success gross rate may in many cases result from a drastic selection carried out beforehand, and thus the whole point of using a cohort rate is that it takes several other elements into account (rate of access to the final exam, proportion of pupils who pass the exam, etc.). The whole point, basically, is to assess how much support the pupils get from the time they enter high-school, and how much effort is put into the actual success of instruction without relying on a methodical selection that aims for high scores as an only target.<\/p>\n

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The results of this \u201cmodest\u201d little school making its way through the years clearly show that education in regional language has proven its efficiency. Beyond the tangibility of this success, however, it is important to note that these schools are all but discriminative (contrary to the recent statements of some political and union leaders) as they provide support to pupils regardless of their initial abilities. And the chances are that when these youngsters eventually leave school, they\u2019re actually prepared to face the world in all its diversity, free of value judgment and filled with open-mindedness.<\/p>\n

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