Editing Academy (section)

===French regional academies overseeing education===
[[File:French academies map.svg|thumb|upright=1.2|A map outlining the academies overseeing education in France]]

In France, regional academic councils called academies are responsible for supervising all aspects of education in their region. The academy regions are similar to, but not identical to, the standard French administrative regions. The rector of each academy is a revocable nominee of the Ministry of Education. These academies' main responsibility is overseeing [[Primary education|primary]] and secondary education, but public universities are in some respects also answerable to the academy for their region. However, French private universities are independent of the state and therefore independent of the regional academies.