Les trajectoires éducatives de la seconde génération. Quel déterminisme des filières du secondaire I et comment certains jeunes le surmontent?

Abstract

The educational fate of the new second generation in Switzerland seems to be clearly determined. Youths of the new second generation tend to get directed towards low educational tracks by the end of compulsory school (lower secondary), and most of them acquire a vocational degree. However - social backgrounds, educational tracks and academic performances being equal - the new second-generation youths are more frequently than Swiss natives on an upward mobility path which leads to a general education at a secondary or tertiary level. The analysis of interviews with Albanians from the former Yugoslavia shows the impact of high educational aspirations of young people and their families, but also the importance of acquiring and having access to key resources and information that allow upward mobility.