Adhere to the values of the Republic or change course.
This is the choice defended by the Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer on Tuesday, during the launch of a training plan for teachers in secularism.
“When you become a teacher, you become a civil servant.
When one is an official of the Republic, one knows the values of the Republic and one transmits them ”, underlined the minister in a speech in front of a thousand trainers, marking the first step of a vast plan of training over four years of the personnel of National education in secularism and the values of the Republic.
"If someone has a problem with the values of the Republic, it may be possible democratically, as a French citizen, on the other hand it is not possible as an official of the Republic", he said. -he adds.
"Choose another profession"
“If you want to be a plumber and you have a problem with the pipes, you choose another trade.
We have to do another one.
If you become a teacher, you transmit the values of the Republic.
And if you do not pass them on and even if you militate against the values of the Republic, eventually get out of this profession, because you made a mistake at one point, ”he insisted.
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“It may not have been clear enough in the past, it will now be very clear in the present and in the future, through training and the management of people's careers.
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The Minister was speaking at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (Cnam) in front of trainers (teachers, management staff, inspectors, etc.), who will then have to train teachers and other staff in schools, colleges and high schools.
He announced in June the launch of this plan at the start of the school year, thus following the recommendations of a report by the former Inspector General of Education Jean-Pierre Obin.
This training cycle is "a new step," Jean-Michel Blanquer told reporters.
“We want something where there are no holes in the racket, no blind spots, and where there is really solid training and a very solid mindset as well.
It is the state of mind that counts above all and this state of mind is strength and serenity.
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