LThe Citizens’ Convention on “childhood” presented its final report on Sunday, November 23. One hundred and thirty randomly selected people have been mobilized for six months by the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Cese). They must respond to the request of the Head of State and former Prime Minister, François Bayrou: “How can we better structure the different times in children’s daily lives so that they better support their learning, development and health? »
Among its twenty proposals, the Citizens’ Convention recommended new time divisions in educational institutions. Starting with a five-day week compared to the current four days “results in overly busy days, breaks and irregularities in bedtime and wake-up time, which have a major impact on children’s attention span and fatigue,” said the report, obtained by Parisian.
According to Cese, one in four teenagers suffers from lack of sleep. Therefore, moving to schools from Monday to Friday – from primary to high school – as in most OECD countries would make it possible to slow the pace and monitor individual children. Apart from starting classes at 9 am, according to experts, middle and high school students start classes an hour earlier, but are less focused.
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The organization of a typical day will be modified for theoretical learning, such as mathematics or French in the morning, then practical workshops will take over in the afternoon. In this model, practical work to deepen the knowledge gained in the morning, sports practice, cultural activities or practical life workshops (on returning from sewing, carpentry, DIY classes, etc.) can become fuel in the afternoon. Lesson duration was shortened to forty-five minutes instead of one hour in high school.
On the question of vacations, the Citizens’ Convention maintained eight weeks in the summer. “Reducing summer holidays would not be in line with climate conditions, especially because of the hot weather,” he believes. But he wants to reduce the three zones in the school year to two zones. This will provide courses of between six weeks and eight weeks between two holiday periods. Implementation of this report must be carried out starting in 2026.
