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Citizen Convention’s School-Time Overhaul Meets Union and Tourism Pushback After CESE Approval

Parliament will examine the 20-point plan in January, with funding, facilities, staffing plus election timing seen as the main obstacles.

Lors d'activités périscolaires, à Lezennes (Nord), en juin 2025.
Les professionnels des stations ont vivement réagi aux mesures de la Convention citoyenne sur les temps de l’enfant.
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Le rapport de la Convention citoyenne a été remis dimanche au Conseil économique, social et environnemental.

Overview

  • Core proposals include a five-day school week, 9:00 starts for adolescents, theory in the morning and practical or sports and arts in the afternoon, 45-minute lessons, homework done at school, and a vacation calendar reduced to two zones.
  • About 130 randomly selected citizens worked from June to November with more than 80 experts and a children’s panel; the report was adopted by the CESE on November 23 and delivered to the government.
  • Leading teachers’ unions criticize the package as disconnected from classroom realities and underfunded, warning of deeper inequalities and pointing to facility shortages that could undermine compulsory physical education.
  • Tourism organizations, including the Confédération des acteurs du tourisme, oppose the move to two vacation zones and shorter winter and spring breaks, citing economic risks for mountain resorts and concerns over congestion.
  • The FCPE parent federation and several education experts welcome the process and call for a national debate, conditional on investment, teacher revaluation and safeguards against territorial disparities.