Interview : “We Are Still In The Shift System”

Which measures have you taken to efficiency cover the programme?
Covering the school programme this year is an obligation because what we do is to give the students’ knowledge, attitude and competences. This year, we are still in the shift system. But the innovation is that, we have caused the first year industrial technical students, “technique STT”, all the fourth year students, “Probatoire” and “Terminales” to go to school in the morning. So, we have both English and French systems of education. The classes of “Seconde”, second and third year come to school in the afternoon.

We did so, in order to give the examination classes enough time for practical lessons. So that when the others are in class, they can comfortably occupy their workshops in the afternoon. It is also to enable them, given that we have many hours which have been reduced from six to five hours, catch up with the two or three hours’ deficiency in the shift system.

How do you organise workshops and courses so that students can get all what they need?
We are doing our best and we are complement with e-learning. Distance education is coming in very powerfully to complement for our deficiency. We have some tablets from the ministry. We have registered lessons that we diffuse from our different centres of e-learning in school principally through the computer lab and the offices. We also compliment using other measures like handouts. Teachers give handouts before time for students to read and they (teachers) come and explain in class.

How do you complete the hours for those who come in the afternoon?
There is no deficiency. For example, this Monday, some second year students are already in workshop for building and construction. When a workshop lesson is programmed, they are informed before time and then while the other class...