Nicole Belloubet maintains the level of the groups, but makes their operation more flexible. In French and mathematics, the students will be divided into three groups according to their abilities with a gauge of around fifteen students for the middle school students with the most difficulty.
This measure is part of the “shock of knowledge’ plan announced by Gabriel Attal on December 5. But this project encounters broad opposition among teachers and school leaders, who denounce the sorting of students and the stigmatization of those with vulnerabilities.