The return to school was not easy for the Minister of National Education.
This Tuesday morning, Jean-Michel Blanquer went to a school in the 13th arrondissement of Marseille.
But the welcome was not really warm: some of the people present around the establishment booed and hissed at the minister.
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The tenant of the rue de Grenelle arrived a few minutes before Emmanuel Macron at the Bouge school, where the two men then visited a CM2 class, in particular to take stock of the health protocol for this new school year.
The head of state has been on the move in the Marseille city since Wednesday, mainly about the insecurity problems facing the city.
He too was booed on his arrival.
Bac reform and lack of anticipation
Since taking up his post at the Ministry of Education in May 2017, Jean-Michel Blanquer has experienced several controversies, in particular on the reform of the high school and the baccalaureate, which has not really convinced teachers in its implementation. in place.
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And the Covid-19 has not improved things. If the Minister of Education has always congratulated himself on having been able to keep schools open almost throughout the epidemic - much more than in other countries - he has often been criticized for his lack of anticipation (with health protocols very often unveiled just days before their implementation).