"The ENA and other elite schools spawned ... a “state nobility” that replaced the old aristocracies.
“What was meant to be a bastion of Republican meritocracy rapidly became its opposite: a cradle for the reproduction of social elites,” says Allouch."
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“What was meant to be a bastion of Republican meritocracy rapidly became its opposite: a cradle for the reproduction of social elites,” says Allouch."
france24.com/en/france/2021…
ENA will be replaced by a new establishment called the Institute for Public Service (ISP).
Another change will mean that the top-ranking graduates will no longer have automatic access to the best administrative jobs "until they have shown their worth in other official roles".
Another change will mean that the top-ranking graduates will no longer have automatic access to the best administrative jobs "until they have shown their worth in other official roles".
“When you’re talking about ENA you’re talking about access to the upper echelons of the French state,” Allouch explains.
“That’s why ENA and Sciences-Po are constantly in the news: if you control those schools, you control access to the state.”
“That’s why ENA and Sciences-Po are constantly in the news: if you control those schools, you control access to the state.”
“This decision puts an end to the job-for-life that has been the case until now. Civil servants will not be permanently assigned to a function, a body or a sector.”
Another objective is to make the civil service more attractive, “The state must continue to attract the best.”
Another objective is to make the civil service more attractive, “The state must continue to attract the best.”
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