Education

#ESRS2605781AAmendment to the Higher Technician Certificate for Optician-Optometrists Exam Guidelines

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law changes how the exams for becoming an advanced optician are structured in France. It updates testing methods for evaluating skills in subjects like general culture, foreign languages, and optical systems. This affects students aiming for this certification and educational institutions offering the program.

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Key Changes

  • Revises exam structure for optical technician certification
  • Introduces new language proficiency assessments
  • Updates evaluation criteria for technical and cultural subjects

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Educational institutions must organize the oral comprehension evaluation (E2) during the second trimester of the second year, with a maximum duration of 30 minutes without preparation, using audio or video documents not exceeding 3 minutes in length.

Educational institutions offering the Higher Technician Certificate for Optician-Optometrists program
operational
high

Teachers must select authentic documents for language evaluation (E2) that are suitable for higher technician students without excessive technical difficulty, excluding written articles read aloud or manual-based recordings.

Teachers responsible for E2 (Foreign Language) instruction
operational
high

Teachers must organize the oral production and interaction evaluation (E2 second situation) during the second and third trimester of the second year, lasting approximately 15 minutes with 30 minutes of preparation, with documents not exceeding 250 words total.

Teachers responsible for E2 (Foreign Language) instruction
operational
medium

Student evaluation notes from the first oral comprehension situation (E2) must not be communicated to students and no makeup examination is permitted.

Teachers and educational institutions
operational
high

Teachers must conduct the E3 (Economy and Business Management) continuous assessment evaluation as a written exam lasting 3 hours, with advance notification to candidates of the scheduled evaluation date.

Teachers responsible for E3 instruction and educational institutions
operational

Affected Parties

StudentsEducational institutions

Tags

education,certification,optometry