It’s the beginning of the end for some 600,000 high school students in their final year. Parcoursup opened on Wednesday, three weeks before registration started on January 17, to allow candidates to find out about the training available.
New this year: the post-baccalaureate admission platform gives high school students who wish to do so the opportunity to create their profile from second grade to better orient themselves. These students will have access to a “comparator” functionality, which will allow them to “find out about the content, the status of training, the pressure rate, tuition fees”, and will be able to “save their favorites” to keep them in memory, recently detailed the Minister of Higher Education Sylvie Retailleau.
The goal ? Being “able to examine the selection criteria which will also help them choose their specialty” in high school (the three “major” subjects chosen by students in first grade, then reduced to two in final year) and construct their orientation project further upstream.
23,000 training courses
From Wednesday, candidates will be able to consult the search engine for the 23,000 training courses available in 2024. They will then have from January 17 to March 14 inclusive to make their choice among all these training courses.
To better “enlighten” young people and “reduce stress”, the Ministry of Higher Education also indicates that new “key figures on each training” will be provided (to answer questions such as “is this training little or in high demand?” or “What was the profile of the candidates who were classified by the training last year?”).
An “advice” section will also be “highlighted” on “the recommended courses in high school to go to this or that training”, as well as “advice given by the training courses themselves on how to apply”.
Another adjustment, the data proposed will be “enriched”, for BTS or professional licenses, with information on professional integration. The Parcoursup site will also directly offer “the ability to consult open days offered by higher education establishments”, adds the ministry.