For millions of children around the world, 2020 will be the year when the coronavirus crisis forced them to leave school and stay at home for long weeks, far from their comrades and their children. teachers. If establishments have set up online distance courses, many specialists have already alerted to the inequalities between children that could result from this situation and the risks of dropping out of school often favored by the digital divide or situations difficult family. On our antenna, Marius and Violette, from the Paris region, and Olivia, from Brussels, "little voices" from Europe 1 who have been telling their daily lives for several weeks, share this concern.
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While in France, schools will gradually reopen from May 11, the date chosen by the Belgian authorities is May 18. In the meantime, Olivia, 15, is struggling with patience, but has already had to go to her establishment. "I had to go to school to find my math lesson that I had to print, and I didn't have a printer at home," she says, regretting that her school "considers everyone world "is equipped. "She didn't offer anything," she continues, "but if people don't have a computer and the school doesn't, how do they expect do we attend live lessons? "
"There will be injustices between the students"
Because according to Olivia, the organization of online courses is not suitable for all students, who sometimes pay the consequences. "The teachers organize live shows all the time, we need to be there, and that's how we are graded for the end of the year. In my class, a lot of students get scolded, because that they don't have microphones on their old computers. The teachers think they just don't want to participate, "said the teenager.
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From Paris, Violette, 11, abounds, and thinks that this situation of confinement "will create different levels" between the children. "If it is, while a student worked very well before confinement, during this period, he will not have been able to work and will repeat grade. It is horrible, there will be injustices between the students", s she worries. "There is sure to be a dropout," said Marius, who lives in Sèvres.