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Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, the management in real time". In addition to the 46 small in relation to the number of students.
Banque de France and the Citéco named students enrolled in these industrial courses, In comparison, many more students choose
the first winners of the Prix de l'Excellence "the industrial and sustainable development to continue their studies abroad. The creation
économique STMG in 2021. This competition, science and technology course (STI2D) at the of a Monegasque CPGE would therefore be
the equivalent of the French Concours Général Lycée Albert I trains around 20 students each limited to high-level training for entry to
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created in 1747, in which the Lycée Albert-Ier year in the design of electronic installations certain selective university courses.
regularly participates, focuses on an economic relating to energy and the environment". This function would not be adapted to Monaco,
subject taken from the syllabus of the course. "In order to encourage career-planning from as today students educated in Monaco manage
Competitions of this kind help to raise the an early age and to increase the number of to gain admission to selective courses of
profile of students in this technological stream, students in future classes, primary school study without needing to go through this type
who can include it in their further education pupils are learning to program Micro:bit of gateway".
applications. (...) As you can see, this is far electronic cards and their secondary school
from being a relegation stream...". counterparts are learning to program Arduino • Is it important for Monaco to have a
As a result, certain manual professions cards. With this in mind, for the past three years, university and international schools?
are in great demand. That's why jobs in teachers have been trained in programming "There are higher education courses in
customer relations and industrial sectors these tools in order to build educational Monaco. Firstly in state schools, but also
are offered at the Lycée Rainier III. There are projects.” through private establishments such as the
two vocational baccalaureates (in sales and International University of Monaco. There
reception) and two diplomas (in electricity • When will there be preparatory classes in are also schools that prepare students for
and maintenance of connected production Monaco to prepare students for the French examinations that are different from and
systems). "The professional references for "Grandes Écoles" entrance exams? complementary to public education: the
these two courses, which are particularly "It's an idea that comes up regularly in International School of Monaco and the
linked to technological change, are constantly public debate. At the moment, however, British School of Monaco," notes Isabelle
evolving," explains Isabelle Bonnal. To give just there are no plans to do so," says Isabelle Bonnal, who believes that "these educational
one example: "MSPC students (maintenance of Bonnal. She goes on to explain: "It's true that opportunities are important to give parents a
connected production systems) are trained in opening preparatory classes for the grandes wide enough choice of studies". Although the
the maintenance of industrial equipment, where écoles (CPGE) in Monaco could enhance the size of Monaco "does not allow us to envisage
the key is to anticipate breakdowns rather than prestige of Monaco's education system, but creating a university that would cover a
just responding to them. To do this, they need there don't seem to be any serious reasons wide range of disciplines, the Principality is
not only to understand how machine tools why this is necessary. Statistics show that developing a research policy based on the
work, but also to know how to install, configure 12% of students enrolled in Monaco chose region's strengths" with the Monaco Scientific
and monitor installed sensors. In this way, a preparatory class (compared with 8.1% Centre and the recently launched Monegasque
they can provide computer-aided equipment in France). This is a significant figure, but Marine Academy.

Un nouveau directeur à la tête de A New Director at the Head of the
l’Éducation Nationale Education Department
Au terme de 13 années en charge de Isabelle Bonnal handed over the
la Direction de l’Éducation Nationale, reins to Jean-Philippe Vinci on
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de la Jeunesse et des Sports, Isabelle July 1 , after 13 years in charge of
Bonnal a laissé les rênes à Jean- the Education, Youth and Sports
Philippe Vinci le 1 juillet. Agrégé de Department. Jean-Philippe Vinci,
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philosophie, titulaire d’un Master de who holds a Master’s degree in
Sciences Po Paris où il a ensuite été philosophy from Sciences Po Paris,
recruté comme Maître de Conférences, where he was subsequently recruited
ce professeur a enseigné au Lycée as Maître de Conférences, has
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Albert I depuis 1996. « Son expérience taught at the Lycée Albert I since
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de l’Administration pour y avoir occupé, 1996. “His experience in the public
trois années durant, le poste de Chargé sector, having held the position of
de mission à la Direction l’Éducation Chargé de mission at the Direction
Nationale de la Jeunesse et des Sports l’Éducation Nationale de la Jeunesse
ainsi que ses missions auprès de et des Sports for three years, as
l’UNESCO et du Conseil de l’Europe © Direction de la Communication-Stéphane Danna well as his missions with UNESCO
lui confèrent des atouts majeurs pour and the Council of Europe, are
mener à bien ses nouvelles missions », major assets in his new role,” the
a indiqué le Gouvernement. Jean-Philippe Vinci, le nouveau Directeur de l’Éducation government indicated.
Nationale / the new head of the Ministry of Education

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