About fifteen popular education associations - from the league of education to UCPA - and the Ministry of National Education signed Tuesday, October 20 a joint declaration in which they pledge to "
fight against all separatism
”, after the assassination of a professor in the Paris region.
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"
Through our values, our ideas and our actions, we will fight everywhere the conscious, violent, undemocratic politico-religious project of Islamist terrorism
", it is notably written in this text co-signed by the associations and Sarah El Haïry, Secretary of State in charge of Youth and Engagement.
The signatories thus commit themselves to "
reinforce through education the emancipation of all
", "to
entrench (...) adhesion to the republican base
", or even "to
actively promote flawless cooperation between elected officials, public services, the school of the Republic, associations ...
”.
Concretely, during the meeting, at which the Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer made an appearance, among other things was mentioned the training in Bafa.
The associations now have 15 days to send back “
concrete proposals
”.
For its part, the ministry should at the same time finalize a “
vademecum of secularism
” for childcare facilities.
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This is, said Ms. El Haïry at the end of the meeting, to ensure that children hear "
the same republican speech while they play sports, when they have a music lesson or when they are in class
”, which would“
potentially attenuate what they hear at home
”, since in his day“
there were 3, 4, 5 other adults who said the same thing
”.