フランスにおける通学区域制度改革とその影響(IV 投稿論文/教育政策フォーラム)

抄録

This paper analyzes the change in the role of central and local government resulting from the implementation of school recruitment reform. The school recruitment reform in France is a political issue with some measures for schooling at the secondary level. This study focuses on the social and political context of the reform and the structure of the educational administration. It is argued that the discourse of "justice" and "free choice" enforced by the political right wing, and the public's demand for parental choice of school, led to increased criticism of the present school recruitment procedure. The purpose of the proposed reform is to make the catchment areas flexible to extend parental choice of school. Currently total abolition of the school recruitment system according to catchment areas is questionable, as educational administrators who manage the schooling have utilized it as an instrument. Moreover, the local government, which is the competent authority for defining catchment areas, also resists the abolition. In case the present school recruitment system is abolished, the central government will uniquely take charge of school recruitment. Thus, the conflict between the central and local government in educational administration will be suggested.