An international future of excellence in Saint-Calais
First of all, this responds to a diagnosis of the college-level boarding school offer: since 2014, this has been very low in Sarthe. In a context of socio-economic crisis, the Department of Sarthe wishes develop this range of services for familiesand the creation of the boarding school responds more broadly to a need for enhance the attractiveness of the public offer.
What are the particularities of an international of excellence?
- It is a college in which the students and the adults who supervise them live, throughout the week ;
- all the conditions are met for young people to be able to succeed in school, develop collectively and prepare their future as well as possible;
- in addition to the courses, the interns of the Jules Ferry college in Saint-Calais will benefit from personalized educational support which is based on all the skills present at the college: principal educational adviser (CPE), educational assistants, nurse, psychologist from the National Education (Psy-EN), head teachers, other teachers;
- they will also be offered sports and cultural activities to be enjoyed collectively.
The candidacy of the Department of Sarthe for the Jules Ferry college in Saint-Calais, was selected by the National Education and will be accompanied by co-financing within the framework of the Recovery Plan, supported by Europe.
The commissioning of the boarding school is scheduled for the start of the school year in September 2023 after the redevelopment of the entrance courtyard.