Merah also killed Miriam Monsonego, the eight-year-old daughter of Yaacov Monsonego, director of Ohr HaTorah.
The 23-year-old French-Algerian Islamist was shot and killed two days after committing the murders during a standoff with police.
France saw a 45 per cent increase in antisemitic acts during the first eight months of 2012, according to the Service de Protection de la Communauté Juive (SPCJ), France’s Jewish security watchdog.
After last year’s shooting the French government promised to improve security at schools and public areas.
Then a presidential candidate, Francois Hollande travelled to Toulouse to express his "solidarity with the Jewish community in France”.