Do French high school students spend more time in class than their neighbors in Europe? According to the results of the consultation platform launched by the government for high school students, nearly three quarters of the demands relate to timetables, or 71%.
These school rhythms were at the heart of the Citizens' Convention on Children's Time, launched a year ago, which calls, as we hear in the demands of high school students, for shorter days and afternoons dedicated to sporting or practical activities, a bit like in Germany.
The country which really makes the big difference with France is Finland with fifteen hours of lessons per week for high school students, almost half as many as in France. Between these two extremes, we find a whole group of countries, such as Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Belgium and Bulgaria, in which high school students have between twenty-two and twenty-four hours of lessons per week, or four to five hours per day, one to two hours less than in France.
The days of German high school students are even less busy as they also have fewer vacations, i.e. ten weeks per year, that is to say a month and a half less than in France.