The action surprised, even shocked. On Tuesday, an English teacher burned the 63 copies of his students' baccalaureate, claiming a political gesture. The 29-year-old contractor had previously warned his students of the subject of the test. All with the aim of denouncing the "system" of National Education.
While he is placed under judicial control and will be tried on October 27, the teacher continues to defend the political content of his gesture. "The level is very bad in vocational high school. Students dissociate themselves from the education system. I knew that in three months (the duration of his contract), I would not advance their English. But by giving them the subjects of the baccalaureate, I wanted to revive their interest, "he defends to the Parisian. He faces ten years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros.
'The copies were catastrophic'
The 29-year-old earlier in the day on BFMTV that "the copies were catastrophic. If they had to be graded as they were, they would not have had good grades. It's positive for them that they are finally destroyed." As a result of this destruction, the students concerned will have to retake their English test.
Victor Immordino, a contract teacher who burned his students' copies, wants to "put interest in learning at the center of learning" to avoid dropping out pic.twitter.com/yFtviydKy4
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) May 11, 2023
The professor, meanwhile, is currently under judicial control. This placement is accompanied by a ban on going to the vicinity of the Maria Deraismes vocational school, in the seventeenth arrondissement of Paris, where he was stationed.
Victor Immordino does not plan to give up teaching. "Contrary to what has been said, I have not been banned from teaching. I want to develop more interesting pedagogies for students, more individualized paths. And if the public no longer wants me, I will go into the private sector," he says.
I strongly condemn the actions of a teacher at the Paris Academy who burned his students' copies in front of his high school. The latter was suspended, a complaint was filed. All measures have been taken to ensure that the pupils concerned are not penalised.
— Pap Ndiaye (@PapNdiaye) May 10, 2023
For his part, the Minister of National Education Pap Ndiaye "firmly" condemned these actions on Twitter, while confirming that the latter had been "suspended" and that a complaint had been filed.