They are more than 4000 on the tile. Non-tenured professors. Eligible after writing, these thousands of teachers posted throughout France on a contractual basis could not take the oral exam because of the Covid-19. They waited several weeks to know their fate. Before finally wiping a refusal from the administration which chose without too much precision "on file" those who would be accepted and those who would fail the competition for teaching (or aggregation ...).
"Almost all the candidates eligible externally have been taken, but we internally are wronged," sighs Quentin Lhuillier, one of the members of the collective of eligible teachers who seized the Council of State. “Almost 8,000 of us passed the written test. It is not our fault that the oral was canceled. The management of this pandemic is the responsibility of the government. And it's not for us to suffer. We have already had to negotiate to get half of us received. But on what criteria? Nothing is explained. It is a problem of fairness, of justice which is flouted. There are even people who are not eligible after the writing that appeared on the list of receipts on file, it is incomprehensible. "" It's a little unfair, we do not even know what the jury is based on to choose between ties, "says Fatima, maths teacher in Seine-Saint-Denis (read further).
"Manifest error of assessment"
In four hours, these thousands of malcontents managed to raise the 5,000 euros necessary to hire a lawyer and seize the Council of State. Among the legal bases of this action: the manifest error of assessment.
"We will go to the end, we have taken a step towards the ministry by accepting that everyone is not taken this year and smooth the hiring of the 8000 eligible over two years, we are ready to wait", continues the spokesperson for the collective. Contract teachers, who are only paid when they perform a replacement and do not have the status of civil servant, yet for many of them waited to validate their internal competition in order to contract a loan or to finally have an income. fixed.
Nearly 20% of eligible teachers, but not received, come from Ile-de-France, according to teachers' unions. These same organizations which affirm "that there is such a shortage of teachers in all subjects, that even by hiring all the eligible internal candidates, all the positions would not be filled".
"We cost less ..."
The obligation to make a choice among eligible candidates has also aroused "the incomprehension and indignation" of several juries of the competition, as explained in a letter of resignation the members of the jury responsible for deciding on the philosophy test.
"It's easy for the ministry to keep us under the elbow as contractors, it costs less, and many of us dare not say anything for fear of not having a job somewhere at the start of the school year, sighs Quentin Lhuillier. There are poor people in our profession. Precarious people. Who are not considered while they give courses, like the tenants. "
"The rules were clear from the start"
On the side of the Ministry of National Education, it is believed to have had "a human approach, attentive to situations." And we specify that "the jury is sovereign" to rule. About 26,000 positions were to be filled for the 240,000 registered for the 1st and 2nd degree.
"The rules were clear at the start, it's a competition, we have an employment plan and a budgetary authorization to respect we cannot establish or graduate all those eligible after the written", recalls Vincent Soetemont, general manager of human resources of the ministry. “Admissible does not mean admitted. There remained one ordeal. And, in addition to the receipts, the jury also composed a complementary list of about 600 names, the level of which is sufficient to appear on the waiting list in the event of withdrawals or duplicates (Editor's note: a professor who would have passed and passed several competition) . "
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Words that suffocate Quentin Lhuillier: "The level we already have since we have been called to give lessons for three years (Editor's note: this seniority being necessary to present the internal competition) . We now hope that the remedy will allow us to renegotiate with the ministry. "
"If we feel that we are not good enough, why keep us and offer us replacements? "
For three years Fatima, 29, has been teaching mathematics in colleges of the academy of Créteil, in Aulnay-sous-Bois, Villepinte, Tremblay-en-France or in Noisy-le-Grand in Seine-Saint-Denis. But with a contractual status. “When I don't have a mission I don't earn money,” she recalls. Fortunately, the shortage of teachers in science subjects allows him to be called very regularly.
After a bac + 5, this passionate about numbers and logic chose in 2016 to leave her liberal profession in health to join National Education. “I sent a CV and a cover letter,” she recalls. I was contacted the next day. And after an interview and an exam, in a week, I was accepted. "
For three years now, she has been changing replacements. "This allows me to earn around 1700 euros gross per month, but everything can stop," she believes.
In order to get out of precariousness and become a civil servant, Fatima decided this year to take the competition. And thus validate his achievements. She was declared admissible at the end of the writings. But the ministry canceled the second part of the competition because of the Covid-19 and announced that it would take nearly 4,000 candidates out of the 8,000 eligible internally. The math teacher therefore decided to make a claim with all her counterparts, even before knowing if she would be received or not. On June 26, the ax falls: she learns that she is not in the right car.
"We take care of your children, we give them lessons and we are not considered"
"It would not have changed my commitment, I believe that everyone should be able to be taken, by smoothing over two years, it is possible, especially given the lack of teachers, slips Fatima. And 4,000 professors don't cost billions. We are already teachers, we are already in post. And if they feel that we are not good enough, then why keep us and call us back to offer us replacements? "
Fatima did not hesitate to engage in arm wrestling with the ministry. “We no longer want to be silent, people need to know: we take care of your children, we give them lessons and we are not considered, she insists. Our goal is to show that the decision to take as many people as possible externally and to leave candidates behind internally is a bad decision. It is understandable, we cost less to the ministry, we are at their disposal. But that's not normal. ”
Fatima now expects a lot from the remedy. “We hope to have a quick response, during the summer, so that we can set up our life projects with this diploma,” she continues. I have no plans to buy myself a house, but I have colleagues who are just waiting for it. "