National Education staff largely participated in the strike on Thursday. The unions were received in the evening by the minister, who notably announced the arrival of FFP2 masks.
The distrust of National Education staff towards their minister and the executive was widely expressed Thursday, throughout France, during the strike to protest against the health protocols linked to Covid- 19 in schools.
In kindergartens and elementary schools, there were 38.5% of striking teachers according to the Ministry of Education, and 75% according to the SNUipp-FSU, the first primary union, which announced the closure of one in two schools. and mentioned “A historic mobilization”. “We see the anger that is expressed. There is a problem, the government must realize this. We are at a breaking point ”, declared its general secretary Guislaine David. In middle and high schools, 23.7% of teachers are mobilized, according to the ministry, while the Snes-FSU, the first secondary union, puts forward the figure of 62% of strikers.
It’s here “Indescribable mess” and the waltz of health protocols that are targeted. Rarely, heads of establishments and inspectors of national education have also mobilized. “Three protocols in ten days, that’s rubbish. We lie to parents, because it is a day care center that is currently open ”, indicates in the Parisian procession Anne Gau-Segonzac, 59, director of an elementary school in Montrouge (Hauts-de-Seine). More than 75,000 people marched throughout France, including 8,200 in Paris according to the Ministry of the Interior.
The unions were received at the end of the afternoon by Prime Minister Jean Castex in the presence of Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer and Minister of Health Olivier Véran by videoconference. After a long exchange that ended around 10 p.m., the participants seemed satisfied with the listening of the executive. “Some commitments have been made but we will judge on documents”, judged Sophie Venetitay, deputy secretary of the SNES-FSU.
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At the end of the meeting, the Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer, who has focused criticism in recent days, announced the “Dissemination in the school system” of five million FFP2 masks and the recruitment of 3,300 more contract workers in the teaching staff. Others will be recruited from the complementary lists and educational assistants and additional managerial support staff are expected.
The assessments for the PCs, which were due next week, are postponed. A report is also being studied concerning the specialty teaching of the baccalaureate.
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> While the campaign for the presidential election is in full swing, many political figures have been seen in the Parisian procession, such as Christiane Taubira, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Fabien Roussel or Anne Hidalgo. The environmental candidate Yannick Jadot was present in the Grenoble procession with the mayor Éric Piolle
> The rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon told the demonstrators: “Jean-Michel Blanquer half-demolished the school but he managed to get everyone to agree. I think such a jerk is useful, we must give the good-for-nothing a chance! “
> The socialist mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, who unveiled her program on Thursday, announced in the morning on France Inter wanting to start “the entry fee for young school teachers at € 2,300” in order to equal the level of remuneration for European teachers.
