Will schools close again due to the Covid-19 epidemic?
Reading the alarmist report of the National Productivity Council (CNP), we understand the government's desire to leave them open so far.
Published in January by this body made up of eleven economists and placed under the supervision of France Stratégie, this study focuses on the consequences of the crisis on competitiveness.
She recalls that the confinements have led to a generalized closure of schools around the world, and therefore a reduction in learning.
While distance education has made it possible to reduce this decline, it has not made up for everything.
The French Ministry of Education has been able to measure the delay taken by pupils of CP or CE1, for example, especially among children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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These closures may have affected other dimensions related to the acquisition of skills, such as the willingness to pursue studies and the risk of dropping out.
These effects
"could be felt
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