Edouard Philippe is thinking of reducing the duration of the summer school holidays, and will present his ideas for education in September. Here is the reason why the former Prime Minister wants to see the summer school holidays reduced.
It’s a decision that will certainly displease the children, but perhaps not the parents. Edward Philip, president of the Horizons movement, wants to see the summer school holidays reduced. The latter will present his ideas for education in more detail at the start of the school year next September.
The former right-hand man of Emmanuel Macron indeed wishes to build “the school of the 21st century”which according to him would go through a shortening of the summer school holidays. This was stated as the upcoming summer holidays are just around the corner. It was indeed this Friday evening, in Bordeaux, that the mayor of Le Havre announced his position on the subject.
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It is therefore a total reorganization of the rhythms over the year that Edouard Philippe wishes to undertake. He explained, in this sense: “If we say that the educational system has for essential goal the education of the children and not inevitably, neither the comfort of the teachers, nor the comfort of the parents, then, we will have to accept the idea of ask us questions that annoy us but that are at the heart of the problems“he said on Friday evening.
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However, this should not mean more work for the children, on the contrary. It would simply be a matter of rearranging their working hours. In France, school days are much busier that abroad, it is a fact. In primary school, our country has 864 hours of lessons per year, compared to an average of 800 hours of lessons in the countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). However, French pupils go to school 140 days per year, compared to 180 and 200 days for their foreign comrades. Such a difference and such a gap between France and the other countries can indeed raise questions.
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