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Coronavirus: school facing the challenge of distance learning

2020-03-09T19:46:36.547Z


More than 300,000 pupils, out of 12 million schoolchildren, are concerned by the closure of their establishments.


Mother of two children aged 6 and 9, Sophie learned this weekend that her children's private school in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) was closed as a precaution for two weeks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. " For the moment, it is my parents who are taking care of the little ones, " she says. Grandparents are old, not ideal, " but my husband and I are traders. We can't stop work . ” Sophie did " receive an email from the school promising a contact on Wednesday for possible homework " but, due to lack of time, she has not yet taken an interest.

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As with many parents, its urgency is first to find a long-term care solution. In Hauts-de-France, Amélie has been relying on the " some instructions " since last week sent " at once " via an email by the teacher of her 10-year-old daughter: " we do revisions in the morning . But in an hour, she did the trick. I send her to her room to read but she passes

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Source: lefigaro

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