With the crisis, the risk was great for second chance schools (E2C) to see their trainees, young people aged 16 to 25 without qualifications or employment out of the school system for at least a year, evaporate in nature. .
“Last June, we thought we had lost 2,500. It was actually 1,400,”
says Alexandre Schajer, president of the E2C network.
In total, the 135 schools in 12 regions and 5 overseas territories supported 14,188 young people in 2020. Trainees
"increasingly remote from employment
, 87% of whom had no professional experience",
points out Alexandre Schajer.
The obligation to train 16-18 year olds, which came into force in September, has led to an increase in minors, who now represent 22% of the workforce, an increase of 9 points in two years.
As for parity, it is almost reached, and the average age is 20 years.
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