College and high school: what is a school project?

Verified 23 January 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The school project defines the conditions under which national educational programs are implemented in your child’s secondary school or college. It's a document obligatory. Here is the information you need to know about the establishment project.

The proposed establishment must specify in particular the school activities and extracurricular organized in the school.

The establishment plan also indicates the means to ensure success of all pupils and involve parents in these objectives.

It may also provide for the setting up of experiments, for a maximum of 5 years and with the agreement of the academic authorities. Such experiments may concern in particular the following subjects:

  • Teaching of disciplines
  • Pedagogical organization of the class or establishment (e.g. "morning classes, afternoon sports" or "classes without notes")
  • Exchanges or twinning with foreign schools.

The establishment plan shall be drawn up, at the initiative of the head of establishment, by the various members of the educational community.

The pedagogical council, chaired by the school head, prepares the pedagogical part of the project.

Partners outside the school (companies, cultural associations, guidance and information centers, other schools, etc.) may also be consulted.

The draft establishment shall be adopted by the board of directors, for a period between 3 and 5 years.

The school project is presented to the parents of students by the school management at the time of 1re registration of their child (at a meeting or by handing over a document).

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