An extension of the Pass’Sport to students announced on Wednesday afternoon
Emmanuel Macron will announce an extension of the Pass’Sport system to scholarship students during a trip, Wednesday afternoon, to Clichy-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis), according to information communicated by the Elysée to the France Media Agency. The Pass’Sport allows young people aged 6 to 18, based on social criteria, to reduce the cost of their registration by 50 euros.
It will be extended to the 760,000 scholarship students in order to encourage the practice of sports, which is weaker, among the student public. Emmanuel Macron will also announce the renewal of the devices “summer quarters” and “learning vacation” set up for young people who do not go on vacation.
During this trip, dedicated to the practice of sport for young people in the neighborhoods, Emmanuel Macron will inaugurate a “solidarity dojo”. The president, who will be accompanied by the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, and the president of the French Judo Federation, Stéphane Nomis, must also attend breakdance demonstrations.
Solidarity dojos allow young people from neighborhoods to practice judo and associated sports (taïso, jujitsu, kendo, etc.) for free, just like in a club. The Clichy-sous-Bois dojo is part of the “5,000 land plan”, announced in October 2021, which provides for the development of 5,000 local sports facilities, on the horizon of the 2024 Olympic Games, for 200 million euros. A thousand dojos and martial arts or boxing rooms, 1,000 multi-sports facilities, 500 basketball courts or even 200 mobile pools to teach toddlers to swim will thus hatch in neighborhoods and rural areas, according to the ministry’s website. sports.