At the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year there has been a clear drop (of 8 percentage points compared to the 2019-2020 school year) in parents’ interest in extra-curricular, paid activities for their school-age children. That this is likely to be connected with the pandemic that started in March is confirmed by the fact that this drop is greatest in relation to sports activities (14 percentage points: from 41% last year to 27% this year). These activities could, in the opinion of parents, carry a higher risk of contact with the new SARS-CoV-2 virus. This school year 55% of families with school-age children are paying for all kinds of extra-curricular activities, the most popular being foreign languages, which 38% of families are financing.

More on this subject in the CBOS report.