The quotas for professional and technological baccalaureate holders in STS and IUT are supposed to further open up these selected professional training courses. In practice, it is more complicated, "Today 42% of entrants to IUT come from technological series, compared to 33% in 2013", explains Martial Martin, director of the IUT of Troyes.
Young people think they will be paid less if they work in industry rather than in services, when it is often the opposite, says Martial Martin.