Ten million French children who started school these days will study only four days a week, which greatly pleased parents but drew criticism from experts. The measure, adopted by the Sarkozy government, cancels unpopular Saturday morning lessons. In addition, it is common practice in the country for schoolchildren to have Wednesday off.
As Gazeta.Ru notes, apart from the French, a small number of schoolchildren in Germany and Luxembourg study four days a week in Europe. For older schoolchildren, Saturday classes are retained.