Nearly 12 million students returned to school on Tuesday.
For some, it had been six months since they last set foot in a school.
In a college-lycée in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, teachers noted difficulty getting back to work.
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The start of the school year did indeed take place on Tuesday in all establishments in France.
Nearly 12 million students have therefore returned to school, for the first time, for some, in six months, due to the crisis linked to the coronavirus.
From day one, teachers have already noticed some underlying trends: difficulty concentrating and lack of motivation.
Example in a college-high school in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
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"They are a little out of school"
In the teachers' room, Madame Lambert already seems tired by the recovery.
A few hours spent with college students were enough for him to make a first impression.
"I find them very comfortable for the sixths," she says.
"They speak very briskly, they get up… They just need to get back into the bath."
Same feeling for her colleague Sarah Astier, sports teacher: "they are a little out of school, and I think it will take maybe a little longer than the other sixths for them to integrate all the new rules and that they actually go back to work. In high school, Mrs. Maryns has already spotted a lack of motivation in the second year students. normal year, to work, to get back to work, ”she explains.
"A need to do an evaluation"
Will the students get back to work quickly?
This doubt exists in the minds of all teachers.
Mathieu Séguin, deputy headmaster wants to quickly take stock of the shortcomings of middle school and high school students.
"We still need to take stock anyway and make a diagnostic assessment of who we have in front of us, and their willingness to work this year," said the supervisor.
Mathieu Séguin specifies that we will still have to wait several weeks before knowing exactly what percentage of students dropped out during the crisis.