In Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)
Experimented since Monday in several public schools in Béziers and in the coming months almost everywhere in France, the uniform has been part of the daily life of Guadeloupeans since the 1980s.
“I have never seen it as a constraint since I door since kindergarten
,” confides Zacharry, a third-grade student in a middle school in Petit-Bourg, a commune in the North Basse-Terre part of the archipelago.
“It’s extremely practical, my child gets dressed on his own, without making a fuss
,” explains Anne-Laure Borrely, Stanislas’s mother.
His son is in CE2 class in private school.
Every morning, he puts on a gray polo shirt flocked with his school logo and blue shorts.
A ritual common in the Antilles, where the vast majority of schools, both private and public, require a unique outfit.
“It started in kindergarten classes. It was a way to recognize our children during school outings
,” remembers Gerty Martino, teacher and director…
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