Iannis Roder has been a history associate and professor in the priority education network for twenty-five years.
Director of the Education Observatory of the Jean Jaurès Foundation, he recently published, with Alain Seksig and Sen Milan,
Preserving Secularism
(L'Observatoire, March 2024).
LE FIGARO.
- Threatened with death after asking a student to remove her veil, the principal of the Maurice-Ravel high school resigned this Tuesday.
Is this an admission of failure for National Education?
IANNIS RODER.
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First of all, I would like to support the principal of the Maurice-Ravel high school.
Without judging his choice, which must be respected, it is above all the message sent which is negative.
Because it can make the students who broadcast death threats and caused this storm on social networks think that victory is possible against those who simply enforce the law of the Republic.
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As far as the rectorate is concerned, I think they have taken stock of what happened.
And the Minister of Education…
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