Recently published by le Haut Conseil de l'Education in France, this report highlights how the organisation of education programmes and of learning opportunities in second level schools (colleges, lyceés) in France has a negative impact on young people's choices and consequently on the provision of career guidance, and how it contributes to both social reproduction and social inequities. It sets out four priorities for future actions:

• The transfer of responsibilities for guidance provision to the regions
• The redefining of the role and function of guidance
• Giving teachers a proper guidance role
• Strengthening careers education to assist pupils to make choices.