The drop in school demographics will lead to the closure of classes in rural schools. Europe 1 went to Valsonne, a village of 1,000 inhabitants.
The Ministry of National Education has announced that the next school year will be marked by a significant demographic drop. According to calculations, 83,000 fewer students are expected. “This creates a feeling of abandonment of rural areas and this adds to the distance from public services, particularly in health,” laments the mayor of the town.