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école de la deuxième chance

English translation: Continuing Education

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French term or phrase:école de la deuxième chance
English translation:Continuing Education
Entered by: Joab Eichenberg-Eilon

20:25 Nov 17, 2011
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / type of school
French term or phrase: école de la deuxième chance
part of a resume

a remedial high school?


2010 : stage à l' ***école de la deuxième chance***
2010. stage à la communauté d'agglomération de forbach
2010: stage dans une agence immobilière
2010: stage dans un centre de gériatrie
2007: stage chez un notaire
2005: stage à l'assurance MMA de forbach
Jana Cole
United States
Local time: 12:25
Continuing Education
Explanation:
While the term Second Chance School exist, it is not as widely used in English as French. A better known term for the same idea is Continuing education, as explained here:

"In France, the Group maintained its support for the Ecole de la Deuxième Chance (E2C, School of the Second Chance), which provides 18- to 25-year olds with few or no qualifications with the training and support they require to access further education or employment."

See examples below, from the European Union's document National actions to implement Lifelong Learning in Europe

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Joab Eichenberg-Eilon
United States
Local time: 15:25
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4 +2second chance school
Sheila Wilson
4 +2Continuing Education
Joab Eichenberg-Eilon


  

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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
second chance school


Explanation:
Sometimes it pays to check the obvious

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 20:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 107
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, I see. I googled it.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lara Barnett
1 hr
agree  sporran
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Continuing Education


Explanation:
While the term Second Chance School exist, it is not as widely used in English as French. A better known term for the same idea is Continuing education, as explained here:

"In France, the Group maintained its support for the Ecole de la Deuxième Chance (E2C, School of the Second Chance), which provides 18- to 25-year olds with few or no qualifications with the training and support they require to access further education or employment."

See examples below, from the European Union's document National actions to implement Lifelong Learning in Europe



Example sentence(s):
  • Descripteurs: Apprentissage tout au long de la vie, <b>École de la deuxième chance</b>, Éducation nonformelle, Enseignement primaire, Enseignement secondaire, Enseignement supérieur...
  • Descriptors: Lifelong learning, <b>Continuation of education</b>, Non-formal education, Primary education, Secondary education, Higher education...

    Reference: http://www.see-educoop.net/education_in/pdf/nation_action_to...
    Reference: http://www.see-educoop.net/education_in/pdf/nation_action_to...
Joab Eichenberg-Eilon
United States
Local time: 15:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
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