Le Figaro has identified the ten strategies that allow these institutions to help their students succeed and achieve excellence. For years the level of French students has been plummeting.

The latest Pisa international ranking, published at the beginning of December, is a new illustration of this. While in some colleges, students struggle to read and write, others continue to form an elite. Without being miracle recipes, these 10 strategies, identified during our reports, are popular with establishments that help theirStudents succeed. 1. VALUE INDIVIDUAL MERIT. At the Education House of the Legion of Honor for example, the best elements receive “floods”, which they tie on their uniforms. And every year, an awards ceremony attended by personalities rewards academic talents but also in sport or music. And at the Sant-Cyr military high school, excellence is also encouraged by awarding “reporting’ ribbons, which are awarded to them during ‘reporting ceremonies’ One of these awards is for work, the other education.