The day could be decisive for the future of Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.
The Minister of Education and Sports, whose retention is uncertain in the context of the upcoming reshuffle, is facing a new teachers' strike on Tuesday and will be heard in the afternoon at the National Assembly.
For several days, rumors have been circulating of a return of François Bayrou to the government, to a ministry that he knows well having been at its head from 1993 to 1997. On the France 2 set Monday evening, the main person concerned did not 'did not deny it.
Asked about a possible return to government, François Bayrou replied:
“I never rule out anything.
The principle, for me, precisely because you are committed, is to never rule out anything
. ”
“I think there is a very big disturbance in National Education, not since this month, not for years
. ”
And
“it’s a sector, you know how much I believe in it, how much I would give for us to regain morale, balance, the desire to teach without disturbance in our country, and (for ) the success of teaching
,” said the president of MoDem.
“This is probably the most important subject, or one of the most important subjects that we have to resolve
,” he insisted.
On Monday, the mayor of Pau was personally acquitted in the affair of the MoDem parliamentary assistants.
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Demonstration at 2 p.m.
After a day of action which mobilized one in five teachers on Thursday, according to figures from the Ministry of Education, the Snes-FSU unions (main union in middle and high schools), CGT and SUD called for a new strike to defend salaries and oppose educational policy at the college.
A demonstration is planned for 2:00 p.m. in Paris, leaving from Place de la Sorbonne (5th arrondissement), in the direction of the Ministry of Education.
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In the sights of the unions: the application for the next school year of the
“shock of knowledge”
reforms , announced by Gabriel Attal when he was Minister of Education - before his departure to Matignon - to raise the level of students , and in particular the establishment of level groups in French and mathematics in 6th and 5th grade classes.
The official texts setting up these level groups at secondary school will be presented on Thursday to the Higher Council of Education (CSE, consultative body bringing together the educational community).
More broadly, the Sud Éducation, Unsa Éducation, FSU, Sgen-CFDT and CGT Educ'action unions called for a
“week of actions from February 5 to 9”
to
“defend public schools, demand the opening of discussions immediate changes on salaries as well as the abandonment of “knowledge shock” measures
.
The future of Amélie Oudéa-Castéra hangs by a thread
Faced with repeated controversies since her appointment on January 11, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra will also have to answer questions on Tuesday from deputies of the Cultural Affairs and Education Committee of the National Assembly on her action, during a hearing at 4:30 p.m.
The executive is preparing to appoint this week a new list of delegate ministers and secretaries of state who will complement the 14 ministers already in office, and the future of maintaining Amélie Oudéa-Castéra on rue de Grenelle hangs by a thread.
The minister
“has the confidence”
of Emmanuel Macron and Gabriel Attal, assured Sunday the Minister responsible for Relations with Parliament, Marie Lebec.
But maintaining his position raises questions at the top of the state.
In Parliament,
“the vast majority of deputies (Renaissance) have given up and think that it is over”
, reports an elected official from the presidential party, but
“the psychology”
of the president on this subject remains
“unfathomable”
.