WIENER, Céline <br/><br/>
L'adaptation de l'administration centrale aux données nouvelles 

 - Paris :  IIAP,  juil./sept. 1996 
<br/><br/> The smooth running of the education system requires that central administration be in position to play a role in its conception, implementation and evaluation. Currently various factors prevent this: the service is hampered by the requirement to carry out too many managerial tasks which have not been delegated; the multitude of authorities interferes with the coherency of policies; and the traditional hierarchical model habitually precludes any negotiation of means and objectives. An increase in the devolution of responsabilities to local level, together with a tightening of central structures, would improve the functioning of the institution; this ought to be accompanied by more ordered and better utilised internal assessments