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Students are among the first victims of the economic crisis and inflation. Some are forced to find one or even several jobs to survive. Measures announced by the government do not convince the unions.
For this medical student, the start of the 2022 school year is special. At 24, he is going to live with a roommate for the first time. “This is where I currently sleep. I organized myself a small space in the living room because, in the bedroom […]there is someone who will come in roommate“, explains Antoine Thiry. Without this, it would be impossible for him to balance his budget, despite having two jobs and internships at the hospital.In addition, I had to take out a loan of 30,000 euros for rent and study-related expenses.“
Like him, many of them are experiencing a difficult return to school. In its annual report, the UNEF figures the rise in the cost of student living at 6.64%, an increase of 428.72 euros per year. “Students are increasingly [nombreux] to have a job, sometimes even to multiply them. When you only have one and it manages to provide the necessary complement to be able to live, that’s good. But when you’re going to have to have several…“, worries Laurent Jeannin, lecturer at the University of Cergy-Pontoise. In response, the government announced this summer an increase in APL of 3.5%, and an exceptional check of 100 euros for scholarship students Measures considered insufficient by the student unions.