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Universities are letting students come back in a dribble

2021-01-04T19:19:48.008Z


Disabled, "first year", foreigners ... A circular authorizes the return of the most vulnerable as a priority.


"

The situation is no longer tenable

", write academics, school directors, forum after forum.

Many anticipate a dropout of many students, after the January exams and prolonged confinement.

Almost the entire pool of 1.6 million students has not seen a classroom since the end of October.

They say "that

they are fed up

", just like their teachers, reports Guillaume Gellé, president of the University of Reims and vice-president of the Conference of University Presidents (CPU).

Several professors from the Sorbonne had taken legal action in December to request a reopening and avoid a "

psychological disaster

".

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The government began to listen to them and drafted a timid interministerial circular, published on December 19, during the Christmas holidays.

As of Monday, the establishments are supposed to be able to accommodate a few students, but most will wait until next week or mid-January, or even later.

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Source: lefigaro

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