The question of a bonus for computer equipment "for teachers and pupils is currently being discussed with the unions". Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister of National Education and Sports, explained this Monday morning on France inter that this aid, the aim of which is to anticipate a possible return to distance education, ”would be tested at the start of the school year. in several departments.
The amount of this bonus "is under discussion", he added, specifying that the objective was to equip each student and each teacher.
Asked about education at the start of the school year, the objective is a "normal return" with a "light health protocol that allows us to receive all students," he said.
. @ jmblanquer on the # home school: "The question of a #prime for #informatics equipment is on the table (...) Systematic equipment for each student, each teacher is our goal" # le69inter pic.twitter.com/AnvpQu963J
- France Inter (@franceinter) July 27, 2020The minister, however, rejected the idea of adapting school programs after this year disrupted by the pandemic. "I am very attentive to the fight against inequalities and to raising the general level, […] so the objective is not to lower the requirements but to smooth things out even more", he explained.
"We will put the package in overtime"
For students whose level has fallen, "we will put the package, especially in overtime so that the level is reached", he concluded, referring to the "personalized help" devices that allow teachers to consolidate the fundamentals of students, "particularly in French and mathematics".
. @ jmblanquer details his plan to make up for a complicated school year, with in particular a "systematic evaluation at the beginning of the year" for CP, CE1, 6e: "The objective is not to lower the requirements, but to further smooth out the things "# le69inter pic.twitter.com/fjQ3YCwqfw
- France Inter (@franceinter) July 27, 2020The plan promised by the minister to fight against dropping out of school will include assessments at the start of the year. They will be "systematic for certain classes such as CP, CE1, and the sixth grade in particular". Academic success internships are also offered the last week of August, "especially for CM2 students who we know may have been weakened by the crisis," said the minister.
"We have a real strategy for young people" welcomed Jean-Michel Blanquer, the Minister of National Education - who was added to the sports portfolio during the last reshuffle.
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With two new Secretaries of State, Nathalie Elimas (Priority education) and Sarah El Hairy (Youth and engagement), within his ministry, Jean-Michel Blanquer recalled the specific plan for youth employment recently announced by the Prime Minister. Minister Jean Castex.
"The consequences of confinement should not be to sacrifice youth and of course this will not be the case, both through education and through employment," he said.
