France: students will not have access to their mobile phones and will wear a mandatory uniform
Some twelve million schoolchildren return to the classrooms with mandatory experimental changes such as the prohibition of mobile phones in classrooms and playgrounds, mandatory uniforms, help for students with disabilities and national evaluations
Nearly twelve million students return to classrooms in France without being able to use their mobile phones. This is an already announced pilot test that Emmanuel Macron’s government seeks to implement.
The measure, which they have called “digital pause”, will apply in about 200 secondary schools, “with a view to its generalization in 2025, and with a pilot program of mandatory uniforms in another 90 centers.”
The current Minister of Education, Nicole Belloubet, referred to this initiative, adding that students will not be able to use their cell phones in the classrooms or playgrounds, “since if they take them with them at the beginning of the day, they must be deposited so that they remain under custody and will be delivered to them only at the end of the day.”
The Government plans to extend the measure to the rest of “primary and secondary schools from 2025, although not yet to high schools (where the last cycle of secondary education takes place, from ages 15 to 18).”
Mandatory uniform, academic help and anti-bullying
Another measure that will come into force in the current school year is the use of a mandatory uniform that derives from the prohibition of abayas (loose and long dresses worn by women in some sectors of the Muslim world), in favor of educational secularism. For the moment, the mandatory uniform will be applied in 90 school establishments of various levels.
The authorities in the educational area will also apply other reforms, such as the “groups with needs”, which will be in charge of those students with low levels to reinforce their knowledge in French and mathematics. This measure will be applied in the French fifth grade courses (12-13 years old) and the sixth grade (13-14).
In addition, this school year introduces national evaluations, “which this year are generalized to all levels of primary school to more clearly monitor pedagogical needs, and which will take place one week after the return to classes.”
The fight against bullying of students cannot be left out of the news in school matters, and seeks to stop this trend that in 2023 unfortunately caused the suicide of students.
M.Pino
Source: swissinfo
(Reference image source: Taylor Flowe in Unsplash)
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