A "clear framing" to respond to the concerns of teachers on the start of the November 2 school year and the speech to be given to the students on the savage assassination of their colleague Samuel Paty.
This is what promises Jean-Michel Blanquer for the start of the school year, set for November 2.
“The trade unions […] asked me for a clear and precise framework so as not to leave any teacher in the dark.
This framework, we will build it together for the day of the start of the school year, but also in the long term, in the sense of strengthening the values of the Republic ”, assures the Minister of Education in an interview with the Journal du dimanche.
A simple "quiet time" in kindergarten
According to Jean-Michel Blanquer, the day of November 2 in secondary will be broken down into "three times".
A first phase will allow teachers to prepare, "which will slightly delay the start of the school year";
a second phase, with the pupils, will be dedicated to the reaffirmation of the “principles of the school and of the Republic”;
and a third stage will bring together, in the courtyard, pupils, teachers and “school partners” for a minute of silence and the reading of the “Letter to teachers” by Jean Jaurès.
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At primary school, there will also be "a pedagogical time", the terms of which must be discussed with the unions, and a minute of silence in elementary school, added Jean-Michel Blanquer, referring to a simple "quiet time " In kindergarten.
The minister also assured that "all the problems related to secularism and violence" should in the future be reported and expressed the wish that the death of Samuel Paty allows "a collective awareness".
“Sometimes the problem also comes from families.
We must therefore find this iron rule: parents do not get involved in pedagogy.
And any aggression from a parent must be followed by a reaction from the institution, ”he added.
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Jean-Michel Blanquer also defended the institution's response in the case of the history-geography teacher, whose course on freedom of expression on October 5 and 6 had created a stir among some parents of students. and ultimately led to his being assassinated by an Islamist terrorist.
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The Versailles academy had been falsely accused of having considered sanctioning the teacher after the latter had presented caricatures of Muhammad, and an internal investigation had been launched in order to detail precisely "the chain of events".
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This report of the General Inspectorate of National Education will be made "early next week" and placed in the investigation file, said the minister.