France to survey 10 million students on sexual violence and harassment
Translated from French, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
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- France's Minister of Education, Édouard Geffray, announced a new questionnaire on sexual and gender-based violence for all students.
- The survey will question 10 million students about potential harassment they may have experienced.
- Geffray anticipates the results could be "seismic."
France's Minister of Education, Édouard Geffray, has announced that a new questionnaire addressing sexual and gender-based violence will be administered to all students at the start of the upcoming school year. This initiative aims to gather information on the prevalence of such issues within educational institutions.
"Ten million students will be questioned about what they may have been subjected to" as part of the annual survey on school harassment, Geffray stated. The scope of the questionnaire suggests a comprehensive effort to understand the extent of violence and harassment experienced by students across the country.
Ten million students will be questioned about what they may have been subjected to
The minister expressed significant concern regarding the potential findings, anticipating that the results could be "seismic." This strong wording indicates a high level of apprehension about the data that may emerge from the survey, suggesting that the findings could reveal a more widespread or severe problem than previously understood.
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Originally published by Le Figaro in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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