The reform of the college,
"sick man of the system"
according to the Minister of National Education and Youth Pap Ndiaye, is becoming clearer.
From the start of the school year in September 2023, several changes will be made.
The famous weekly hour of reinforcement in French or mathematics for 6th graders will be put in place.
At the expense of technology.
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The four-hour block which today brings together physics and chemistry, life and Earth sciences, as well as technology in 6th grade, as well as technology will be
“reconfigured”
in this direction, the ministry is told.
The technology will now be studied from the fifth grade.
The idea is to
"put the effort on the technology a little later, once the basic skills are well acquired",
we explain.
This will "
free up the time corresponding to the hour of support
".
“Pseudo-pedagogical arguments”
“A sleight of hand revealing the way in which the reforms are designed in the ministry
, squeaks Sophie Vénétitay, general secretary of the secondary school teacher union Snes-FSU.
With constant means, the ministry chooses to remove a discipline at a time from schooling
”.
A worrying “
precedent”,
according to her.
This erasure of technology is also, in his eyes, a
“form of renunciation
”:
“With technology in sixth grade, we began to build the foundations of a common culture for the whole college.
We need to train our students in technological issues!”
“
We are very strongly opposed to this idea.
We must stop invoking pseudo-pedagogical arguments!
We know that the ministry is trying to solve its problems of recruiting techno teachers in this way,
asserts Jean-Rémi Girard to the National Education Staff Union (Snalc).
This discipline has always had its place in the student's career.
The program needs to be reviewed, but it is useful for the overall culture of the student and to make the link to the technological or professional path
”.
On the side of the ministry, it is explained that technology teachers will be able to participate in the hour of reinforcement in 6th grade.
One hour devoted to fundamentals in maths or French.
“
In the name of what could a technology teacher provide the hour of support in French or maths?
asks Sophie Vénétitay.
If
I, an SES teacher, were asked for support in a discipline other than mine, it would be a deception for the students and their parents
”.
The generalized “homework done” system
The hour freed up by the disappearance of technology will therefore become an hour of
“support or deepening for all”
relating to the fundamentals and can be provided by both school teachers and college teachers.
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The minister thus wishes to allow
“a better stapling between primary and secondary, because we know that the march to entry into 6th grade, in particular for the most tangent pupils, is very difficult”.
“There is a major issue of continuity between CM2 and sixth grade so that students do not stumble”
, insists rue de Grenelle.
Another confirmed change: the “homework done” system will become compulsory in sixth grade.
"The objective is that when he returns home, the student has no more homework to do, or in any case much less"
.
Launched at the end of 2017, “homework done” now concerns just under half of sixth-grade students.
"It's a proven program.
The feedback is very positive
,” says the ministry.
