Parcoursup, orientation, private higher education... Philippe Baptiste's "8h30 franceinfo"
The Minister of Higher Education and Research was the guest of "8h30 franceinfo", Monday, June 2, 2025
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Philippe Baptiste, Minister of Higher Education and Research, was a guest on "8h30 franceinfo" on Monday, June 2, 2025. He answered questions from Salhia Brakhlia and Jérôme Chapuis about Parcoursup, career guidance, and private higher education.
"The goal is that before the baccalaureate, nine out of ten students have at least one first offer.""The goal is that before the baccalaureate, nine [students] out of ten have at least one initial proposal that is already there, concrete, tangible," says the minister, with the objective of having no student without training. "It's a commitment," promises Philippe Baptiste.
🔴 Parcoursup ➡️ "The goal is that before the baccalaureate, 9 out of 10 students will have at least one offer," says Philippe Baptiste, Minister of Higher Education and Research. pic.twitter.com/VlPvLCJBIo
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In 2024, nearly 85,000 students had still not found a place at the beginning of July. "We will always find places for candidates who want to enter higher education at the end of the admission phase," he says. "The rectors are mobilized and work day and night to find places for the candidates," but there is sometimes a phenomenon of "natural loss" linked to candidates who "no longer respond" to the training courses, because they have gone abroad, or who have finally turned towards professional life.
🔴 Parcoursup ➡️ "We will always find places for candidates who want to enter higher education," says Philippe Baptiste. pic.twitter.com/kSJVoqxZ8k
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According to him, Parcoursup is "only a tool" , and "the issue is not the digital platform as such, but the orientation" . He admits that the current French system has "fairly narrow paths, which are still very selective" . It therefore works for young people "who have made projections for their higher education which are very strong, very fixed and very closed" , but "it is more complicated for young people who may hesitate" . He therefore pleads for "thinking about higher education courses which are less narrow, more open and more multidisciplinary" , why not "have propaedeutics, that is to say first-year spaces which allow opening up to the world of higher education, in particular for young people who are in difficulty" . It is a "fundamental, very structuring work" . "We will have announcements with the Prime Minister and the Minister [of National Education] Elisabeth Borne, in a few days on these different subjects," he promises.
The Minister of Higher Education and Research has announced the upcoming tabling of "a bill" intended to guarantee "absolute quality" of private higher education in France. The stated objective is to establish a framework that is "extremely clear to all," with a view to transparency. With the rise of apprenticeships, which has opened up new sources of funding, "we have seen an explosion in this type of training, so we have a fundamental regulatory role," the minister emphasized, while acknowledging that "abuses" exist, although they remain "marginal." Some training courses do not meet the expected quality criteria, according to testimonies from students who have taken them.
Philippe Baptiste is talking about a "redesign of private higher education" around two circles: "One circle with public universities and the very large private training courses, which are really in an extremely narrow circle of trust, with social and research obligations. A second circle, a little wider, where there may not be all these obligations, but where we will have a certification capacity."
🔴➡️ "We're going to have an overhaul of private higher education: we're probably going to move towards a bill," says Philippe Baptiste. pic.twitter.com/p02xjtAJjW
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The minister recalled that measures have already been taken, particularly on Parcoursup, with the establishment of "rules and a charter" that must be respected by all training courses. "It will probably take a few years just to organize the system," he said, emphasizing the government's desire to clean up the private higher education landscape.
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