"Event. Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister of National Education, will be Cyril Hanouna's exceptional guest on Tuesday, September 14, on the TPMP set. ”
It is with this tweet, published early in the morning of Monday, that the television channel C8 announced the arrival of the one who now holds the record for longevity at the head of the Ministry of National Education in the program Touche pas at my post.
During this back-to-school period, Jean-Michel Blanquer has toured the traditional media, from
JDD
to
Parisian
via RTL.
More unusual, he even answered questions from Rémy Buisine and Brut internet users.
But the announcement of his visit to Cyril Hanouna aroused a real surprise.
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Last May, the minister declined the host's invitation to come and speak on the set of the end-of-year exams, before responding when the latter had given him a phone call in the middle of the program.
"Thank you Mr. Blanquer, I hope you will come back,"
Cyril Hanouna concluded, who recalled this episode as an introduction to the passage of his one-night guest.
"The most beautiful ministry"
Little stingy with compliments to Jean-Michel Blanquer -
"a hard worker", "a school enthusiast"
- the host wanted to know if the latter
"kiffait"
his days at the Ministry of National Education.
“In my eyes, it is the most beautiful ministry, because Education is the most important subject there is. It is also a ministry where we take a lot of tomatoes, but I am now used to it and that does not detract from the pride, the pleasure ”
of being at the head of this institution, replied the politician. who underlined that
“his job is a teacher”
and that he
“
had a
vocation to [him] again”
after his visit to rue de Grenelle.
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Cyril Hanouna also questioned Jean-Michel Blanquer on his book
Open School,
published on September 9 by Gallimard.
“This book is about the 18 months of the health crisis, [looks back] on what went well and not so well, and [aims to] draw lessons for the future. Open school is fundamental. We need the children to go to school. Closing the school, whatever the reason, is always heartbreaking, ”
pleaded the minister. Then, jumble, place to multiple questions, as well on the harassment, the wages of the teachers or the halal meat in the canteens as on the candidacy of Emmanuel Macron with the presidential one, the indictment of Agnes Buzyn or ... the beard of the principal concerned.
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Questioned several times on the health protocol in force since the start of the school year, Jean-Michel Blanquer said that the end of wearing a mask indoors was not currently planned.
“We all want this to end. If one day we are able to go down to level 1 of the protocol, we will begin to consider it. [...] We will undoubtedly start with primary, then secondary. ”
He also reaffirmed that compulsory vaccination of children
"was not at all on the agenda at present"
, and praised the
"very high"
vaccination rate of
teachers. Before taking his leave after spending nearly an hour on the TPMP set.
