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Instruction in fully equipped lycées may be divided into four 
sections:—I, Primary; II, Premier Cycle; III, Second Cycle; IV, Classes 
de Mathématiques Spéciales. 
I.—Primary. The classes in this section are named as follows:— 



Age from 
Classes En antine MEANS RCE NEA toate Onzièmers een 5 
Preparatory Don AU ET ne Diem QUE ; 6 
Neuviéme........ 7 
Blementary DIVISION pie sake PERTE EEE TER Huitième....... ÿ 8 
Septième........ 9 


In a general way this course corresponds to that which leads to the 
certificat d’études primaires élémentaires, but while the latter was 
designed as a more or less complete unit in itself, the former is laid out 
on broader lines and has in view further studies which the boy will 
follow up. According to the plans d’études, it would seem as if one 
essential difference were introduced by instruction in a modern language 
in the neuvième, huitième and septième. In reality, however, the 
modern language classes are so conducted in the sixième of the Premier 
Cycle that both kinds of students are taught together. 
II.—Premier Cycle (sixième-troisième). This cycle of four years 
constitutes an advanced course for students who have finished 
their primary studies, and is the first part of secondary education 
proper. It offers a choice between two lines of study, the one character- 
ised by instruction in Latin with or without Greek, the other in which 
no dead language is taught. The former is selected by the parent who 
wishes to prepare his boy for the department of letters in the École 
Normale Supérieure or for the career of classical professor, lawyer or 
doctor. The latter is likely to be chosen for the boy who is particularly 
interested in science or who has a commercial career in view. 
III.—Second Cycle. This leads, normally, to the Baccalauréat, 
at the end of three years’ study, in one of four different sections. The 
student of Latin and Greek in the quatrième and troisième has passed 
into the ‘“Latin-Grec” section, the student of modern languages 
into the ‘“Science-Langues vivantes” section, while this section as 
well as those of ‘‘ Latin-Langues vivantes” and “ Latin-Science” have 
been filled by students who have studied Latin (but not Greek), during 
the four years of the Premier Cycle. The scheme will be clearer in 
tabular form. 
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