A NEW STEP TOWARDS THE SINGLE SCHOOL A SINGLE COMPETITION FOR OBTAINING NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS

The realization of the single school has already been initiated by the unification of the teachings given by the State to all children of primary school age.
The Minister has just taken a new step in this important reform by submitting to the President of the Republic for signature a decree whose main points are as follows:

Until now, national scholarships were awarded, for each level of education, secondary, upper primary, technical, following different competitions. From now on, there will be only one and the same competition, because what is important to receive a higher level of education is not so much the sum of knowledge acquired as the intellectual skills developed in primary school.

Recognized as worthy of a higher culture, the young scholarship holder will have complete freedom to choose, according to his taste, the nature of the education he wants to receive. The unification of the scholarship system leads, in fact, to complete equality in the aid provided by the State to the family, whatever the preferred education. Furthermore, if, after the experience of a year or two of studies, the teachers recognize that the child has embarked on a path that does not correspond to his true aptitudes, the latter will benefit from the absolute right to change establishment without his parents having to anticipate an increase in charges.

It is also necessary to point out the particularly interesting creation of maintenance scholarships, intended to replace, for needy families, the additional income that they must ask of their children obliged to engage in premature manual labor.

Finally, whatever the nature of the education received, the young scholarship holder, whose intelligence has proven to be exceptional, will be able to benefit from higher education. Without any other formality than an opinion from the public education advisory committee, his scholarship will be retained during his studies at the University and increased if necessary.

In summary, any child who can demonstrate the ability to receive secondary, higher primary or technical education will be assured, from the age of eleven, of effective protection by the State, and this beneficial assistance will henceforth be maintained for as long as he deserves it, whatever path his abilities may have taken him.