After graduation, if your grades have been good, you can certainly go to university (it's nearly free if you’re going to a public one!) in one of the larger regional capital cities. As always, your family's needs come first and they may need you to start working or marry someone to bring money into the family. Birth order and your family’s current level of living will have a great impact on your continued education.
Just as with the French and other European systems of education, if you test well in the sciences, you will be on a science track for university, possibly ending up in medicine. If your grades are better in language, you’re more likely to be studying to be a teacher.
It is difficult, if not impossible, for you to switch to a new track after they have started high school. The yearly tests are stressful and much anticipated by students every year, especially for those who are very much hoping for a specific outcome.
Teachers:
As for the educators, most of them are not from our town or even our region and most don’t speak the local language. As all classes and administration are conducted in French, this is not a problem per se, but it is alienating for teachers who miss their own homes and families in a different part of the country. Teachers don’t often get to return to their hometown to teach after they have acquired their degrees. As far as I know, this is the case for many professions as the staff at my health post and the local law enforcement personnel are the same way; they are from different parts of the country and hope to be able to transfer away from our town once the system allows.
