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KEDGE partners with Télémaque to strengthen its commitment to equal opportunities
KEDGE has just signed a three-year partnership with the Télémaque association, whose aim is to increase the potential and chances of success of secondary school students and apprentices from disadvantaged areas who are committed to getting an education.
The school is honouring its commitment to equal opportunities by offering mentoring support.
Issues of inclusiveness, whether regarding disability, gender, or equal opportunities, are a core part of KEDGE's operations. To contribute to reducing inequality and discrimination, the school has decided to partner with Télémaque. Télémaque supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who want to succeed, but who have neither the keys nor the means to pursue their goals. The young people who receive support are students taking the academic stream in partner institutions, colleges, and high schools, or taking the vocational stream in vocational centres and high schools.
"We are truly delighted to be able to count on the support of a major school such as KEDGE. Its employees are joining a community of modern-day mentors who will support young students from disadvantaged areas in their quests for success. We are very pleased to receive assistance from KEDGE in our task of accelerating equal opportunities in education for a more fair and fraternal society." Ericka Cogne, Managing Director of Télémaque.
The support services offered by KEDGE include individual mentoring (including follow-up until they get either a high school or vocational diploma) and financial support (which will allow the student to carry out educational or cultural projects). A total of five young people from disadvantaged areas will receive this assistance, two in the Bordeaux region, two in the Marseille region, and one in the Paris region. Mentoring will be carried out by staff from the campuses in these cities. They will also be responsible for accompanying the students on regular cultural outings during the year. In this way, the school is making a positive contribution to equal opportunities in all its territories.
"Pursuing an education means that you have already given thought to it. A higher-education institution can be inclusive within itself, but if it doesn’t give everyone the chance to study the programme of their choice, it doesn’t correspond to the idea of inclusiveness we have at KEDGE. With the mentoring set up by Télémaque, and the commitment of KEDGE employees, these secondary school students will benefit from the support that will help them construct and carry out their dreams." Anicia Jaegler, Associate Dean for Inclusiveness at KEDGE.
"We have many employees at our school, whether teachers or support staff, who are absolutely passionate about their work and about the education sector in general. We want to increase the number of opportunities they have to make a tangible contribution to reducing inequalities and provide support to young people who need it in different areas, starting at the secondary school level. This is made possible thanks, in part, to the Télémaque programme.” Christophe Herrmann, KEDGE Human Resources Director.
About Télémaque :
Télémaque was created in 2005 under an agreement with the French Ministry of Education. We start working with young people from the 5th year of secondary school in the academic stream and from the 2nd year of secondary school in the vocational stream, by providing them with a double mentoring programme lasting 6 years in four important areas for their future: academic performance and success, socio-cultural awareness, introduction to the professional world, self-confidence, and the prevention of self-censorship.
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