France Confirms School Start Date After Cyberattack Rumors
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The French Ministry of Education has good news for families. Students will go back to school next week. This is the normal date. The ministry made this clear after rumors on social media.
The rumors started after a cyberattack. A cyberattack is when someone attacks computer systems. This attack hit the Toulouse school area. It caused big problems there.
Workers in Toulouse had many difficulties. They said computers did not work well. One person said it felt like the 1800s again. This means they had to work without modern technology.
But the ministry says school will start on time everywhere. Parents do not need to worry. The rentrée, or back-to-school time, will happen as planned next week.
Vocabulary7 words
- Ministry
- a big government department
- cyberattack
- when someone attacks a computer system to cause harm
- rentrée
- the French word for going back to school after summer
- rumor
- information people share that may not be true
- confirm
- to say clearly that something is true
- district
- a smaller area inside a bigger region
- technology
- machines and systems like computers
Quiz
Answer key
1. Next week, as planned 2. A cyberattack 3. False
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The French _____ of Education has good news for families. Students will go back to school _____ week. This is the normal date. The ministry made this clear after _____ on social media.
The rumors started after a _____. A cyberattack is when someone attacks computer _____. This attack hit the Toulouse school area. It caused big problems there.
Workers in Toulouse had many _____. They said computers did not work well. One person said it felt like the 1800s again. This means they had to work without modern _____.
But the ministry says school will start on time _____. Parents do not need to worry. The _____, or back-to-school time, will happen as planned next week.