The Minister of National Education, Élisabeth Borne, announced on Tuesday January 14 that she wanted to launch “a major consultation on school time”. Among the discussions: the length of the summer vacation.
Should summer vacations be shorter for students? This is the debate that the Minister of National Education, Élisabeth Borne, wishes to relaunch. Before the senators, Tuesday January 14, the former Prime Minister expressed her desire, with François Bayrou, to launch “a major consultation on school time“.
She reiterated this wish in an interview with ParisianWednesday January 15. “Long breaks result in level losses for the most vulnerable students“, assured Élisabeth Borne before adding: “the summer holidays of 2025 will not change but, for 2026, it will depend on the outcome of the discussions“.
A never-ending debate
The subject of the length of school holidays, especially summer holidays, regularly comes up in discussions. It had already been mentioned by Vincent Peillon in 2013. His desire was to bring them closer to the six weeks practiced in the United Kingdom and Germany, compared to eight weeks currently in France.
Emmanuel Macron himself relaunched the idea in 2023, proposing to bring forward the start of the school year for students in difficulty. A point of view supported the following year by his then Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal.
-The unions believe that other priorities await Élisabeth Borne, such as overstaffing in classes, replacement issues and the lack of attractiveness of the profession.
published on January 17 at 6:15 p.m., Thibault Jeannin, 6Medias
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