The Minister of Sports and the Olympic Games, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, ured Monday September 4 on Sud Radio that only “10% to 15%” primary schools “did not return” in the called device “thirty minutes of physical activity a day”. On the ground, the echoes are more contrasted. “Empirically, I would rather say that only 20% of schools have implemented it”ures Véronique Moreira, the president of the Sports Union for primary education.
In this new school year, the objective is however to continue and amplify the effort on sport, both in primary schools and in college. Emmanuel Macron would like to eventually reach one hour of physical activity a day in primary school, he said on Monday, on the channel of youtubeur HugoDécrypte. The president also wants the establishment of a “sports essment test” in sixth.
The Head of State was to take advantage of a trip on Tuesday, September 5 to promote sport at school, and announce the generalization of two additional hours per week in college from 2026. At the start of the 2023 school year, 700 colleges are already experimenting with this formula, which comes in addition to physical education and sports, compared to 173 a year earlier. The Elysée imagines strengthening the involvement of voluntary teachers of the discipline in these hours worked on extracurricular time, through the teacher pact (additional remuneration in exchange for new missions).
“A small lack of support”
Launched in 2020 with the aim of generalization at the start of the 2022 school year, the measurement of thirty minutes of daily physical activity, intended to fight against the growing sedentary lifestyle of children, is still struggling to find its full place in school. Each establishment can organize itself as it wishes and offer these thirty minutes during school time or during the lunch break. “It is difficult to find this time when we are asked at the same time to emphasize the fundamentals, French and mathematics”, notes Guislaine David, from the SNUipp-FSU primary school teachers’ union.
Another difficulty: the training of school teachers in physical education and sports has at the same time greatly decreased in recent years. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra acknowledged on Monday, still on Sud Radio, a “small lack of accompaniment” : “The field surveys that we have done show that school teachers need to be better supported. » A point on which everyone agrees.
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