Next year, the 2024-2025 school year could well be postponed by a week due to the Summer Olympics. The Higher Education Committee must decide on May 17.
Back to school for the year 2024-2025 is scheduled for September 2, 2024. But due to the reception of summer olympics taking place in France from August 28 to September 8, 2024, the back-to-school date could well be delayed by a week. According to the news agency AEF Infothe Higher Education Committee must decide on May 17 on the possibility, for academy rectors, of “delay the date of the start of the school year by 7 days”.
Indeed, this particular organization of the Olympic Games could cause traffic difficulties “in particular due to security perimeters“and would be likely to”jeopardize the operation of the public education service“.
Due to the Paralympic Games, the start of the 2024 school year could be postponed by 7 days in some academies https://t.co/hpc4m7yhzR
– AEF School Education (@AEFeduc) May 11, 2023
Who would be affected by the postponement of the start of the school year?
The Summer Olympics are going to be held in the academies of Paris, Versailles, Créteil, as well as in Orléans-Tours. These would therefore be students from zone C and some from zone B. According to AEF Infos, 23.2% of students would be affected by this postponement of the start of the school year, but decisions could be taken as needed, on a case-by-case basis. case.
Shortened vacations?
Despite everything, pupils educated in France must be able to benefit from 36 weeks of teaching during the year. This postponement of one week during the start of the 2024 school year could then be “caught up” by shortening short vacations during the year. An announcement that has something to react, especially parents of students as well as teachers.