Mathematics must again be made compulsory in the first general season in 2023

In order to strengthen the common training of students in mathematics, starting in 2023, all first-general students who have not taken the math specialty will have a mandatory hour and a half of math classes per week.

Bringing math back into the mainstream is part of a strategy that places 2023 as “the year math is promoted in school.” The plan includes a number of measures to “reconcile all students” with math and “promote gender equality.”

In primary school:

• Continuation of the mathematics training plan for teachers in schools, including those in nursery schools, with the training of all teachers within four years (30% already).

At the college:

• Encourage the creation of a math club in each college starting in the 2023 school year;
• Establish small groups in class of 6^e in mathematics, both to support pupils in difficulty and to stimulate the most advanced pupils;
• Create a national framework of competences in mathematics (CNCM) on the model of the European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) to certify the level attained by each pupil at the end of 3^e.

In high school:

• Create a reconciliation module with mathematics in the second class in each high school (general and technological high school and vocational high school) in the fall of 2023;
• Make First Class Mandatory general one and a half hours of math for all students who have not chosen the math specialty.

To combat gender stereotypes and encourage gender equality, actions to promote and enhance scientific guidance among young girls will be implemented in schools. The aim is to achieve gender parity in expert mathematics, physics-chemistry and mathematics by 2027 and to move towards gender parity in other scientific subjects: engineering, digital and computer sciences.