麻豆传媒映画

The minister, Jean-Michel Blanquer, a suggestion from Ile-de-France regional president Val茅rie P茅cresse, who said that starting 濒测肠茅别 days later would improve students鈥� health.

Starting later would also likely improve students鈥� school performance, give them chance to have a proper breakfast before class, and make public transport less busy during the usual morning rush hour, she said.

Writing on Twitter, Ms P茅cresse asked Mr Blanquer to consider the idea for the Rentr茅e 2019.

In response, : 鈥淚 am very open to experimenting [on this issue]. When there is a suggestion like this, we must listen to it.鈥�

The idea may be rolled out slowly, on 鈥渁 sliding scale鈥� at first, he said.

Delaying school start times for older children is not a completely new concept, with similar experiments successfully taking place in other countries, including the USA and UK.

Sleep scientists have long explained that sleep patterns in teenagers and young adults are biologically different to those of young children or adults, and that starting classes later would have a positive impact on high school students鈥� health and educational results.

Claire Leconte, a specialist chronobiologist for children and teenagers, , to explain why starting one hour later would be beneficial for 濒测肠茅别 students.

She said: 鈥�尝测肠茅别苍蝉 are cruelly lacking in sleep. This deficit has repercussions on their wellbeing and their class results.

鈥淚t is not as simple [as going to bed earlier]. From adolescence, we can see a disruption in hormonal systems, and with it, a delay in the sleep phase of one hour. Adolescents are naturally out of step. They feel tired later, get up later, and are hungry later.

鈥淏y starting school at 9h, we can compensate for this natural shift in internal clocks, and offer young people an extra hour of sleep. And not just any hour; this last phase of sleep is the most important.鈥�