For the second year in a row the “Olympic and Paralympic Week at School”, was launched on Monday by the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), Paris 2024 Organising Committee, the Ministry of National Education, the Ministry of Sports and the State Secretariat for the Prime Minister for Persons with Disabilities.

The event, which runs from January 27 to February 3, is a continuation of the Olympic education policy carried out since more than ten years by the French Olympic and Sports Movement. In support of a rich partnership with educational stakeholders, during this week the CNOSF and the sports federations will put in place numerous projects and educational resources available to teachers and students.

Officially launched at the Michelet School District of Vanves, in Paris suburbs, the week opens the way to bridges between school and the sports club, a field of human experience beyond measure.

The intent is help some 65,400 students involved in the 425 projects labeled “Olympic and Paralympic Week” to learn differently through sport, to live the values ​​of sport and Olympism, to open up to new sports practices, and finally to share through sport.

CNOSF President Denis Masseglia and the president of the Organizing Committee of the Paris Olympic Games 2024 Tony Estanguet attended the official opening of the event, and noted that the first edition of this “Olympic and Paralympic Week” was organized last year as part of the bid for the 2024 Games.

The “Olympic and Paralympic Week” with the collaboration of several hundred high-level athletes is aimed at children and teenagers from kindergarten to high school throughout France.

“The message is everywhere the same – commented Estanguet to French sports web magazine Francs Jeux – to encourage and promote youth sports, raise awareness of the role of sport for peace and inclusion, and highlight the Paralympic phenomenon”.

Commenting on the reaction of students in the suburbs of Paris, he added: “I found them very interested, curious about everything, asking a lot of questions about sports, organization, tests … I felt they had a very positive vision of the event. Going to meet them, talk to them and listen to them has reinforced my optimism about the impact the Games can have on future generations”.