“Yes, private school-educated students and their families are, dare I say it, discriminated against.” Catholic Education General Secretary Philippe Delorme delivered this message on Thursday during a school conference with him.
In these charter institutions, where 17% of French students study, the beginning of the 2022 school year is marked by an expected decline in primary school enrollment, taking into account demographic changes (- 1.1%). But it is even more surprising in the second degree (-0.7%). While college numbers remain stable, high school suffers significant losses in the sophomore class. A situation that for Philippe Delorme is directly related to the financial crisis affecting families already weakened by Covid. “Most of them have refused to admit children to our institutions when they are not taken out, unable to pay for food and school transport today.”
Source: Le Figaro
