https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed More than 13,000 French high school pupils have signed a petition calling for the English section of the Baccalaureate exam to be cancelled because of “comprehension difficulties”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160620/thousands-of-french-pupils-protest-hard-english-exam Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:31:46 +0200 thousands-of-french-pupils-protest-hard-english-exam French authorities bidding to crack down on school test cheats obviously didn’t count on a 52-year-old woman "in elaborate make up" turning up to take an important high school English exam in Paris this week in place of her 19-year-old daughter. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130620/school-foils-mother-and-daughters-exam-cheating-plot Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:17:00 +0200 school-foils-mother-and-daughters-exam-cheating-plot