On this day, the massive mobilization of National Education staff threatens that these new revelations will fuel distrust of Amélie Oudéa-Castér. The Minister of National Education, who since her appointment in mid-January to head the “super ministry” has compounded the mistakes that proved her lack of appetite for public schools, according to Mediapart, has been actively working long before she became Sports Minister to promote the non-contract private school she runs one of his acquaintances, Michel Naniche, a math teacher and tennis enthusiast.
The goal of his persistent approaches? To ensure that this school, called Diagonale, succeeds with its request for a contract with the state, promising a windfall of funds for this facility, which will welcome especially young athletes (from basic to preparatory), which charges starting fees from 4,900 to 6,900 euros annually.
“Diagonale model schools, we must succeed in their flourishing”
This contract transition also became an emergency for the school as it struggled with a drop in results and subsequent dropout of its students following the implementation of a new continuous monitoring system that was deemed more favorable (now representing a 40% final grade for public and private contract students) .
From then on, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra would increase her efforts. “Diagonale model schools (…)we must be able to make them bloom”, the minister of the highest services of national education, the only one who has the authority to decide, would beg from 2022, according to the online newspaper. Unsurprisingly, they were hostile to his requests. “repeatedly” the consequences of which could hardly go unnoticed.
How can we actually approve, at the expense of the state, the transfer of the remuneration of several dozen “full-time equivalent” teaching positions within this establishment, present in four academies, including Paris, while in the capital in secondary education already this year around a hundred positions have been eliminated. How can we still survive this unfair competition for taxpayer dollars for public schools that also operate in this student sports time slot?
When asked by Mediapart, two senior officials from National Education confirmed the following reluctance: “The specificity of Diagonale’s educational offer (teaching shorter than the required programs) and the cancellation of jobs, which are also planned in public and private education under the Paris contract due to demographic decline, do not allow Diagonale’s classes to be contracted »they responded to online media.
However, arbitration leading to a final decision should begin in February or March, according to both officials. You are not sure that the presence of Amélie Oudéa-Castéra at the head of the Ministry now considers the management of the Diagonale school to be an asset.
Meanwhile, the revelation of “Mediapart” has once again created a stir and numerous reactions among the political class in the face of this total promotion of private schools among the upper echelons of the state, as evidenced by recent cases .brought to light by the press. In particular, Communist Senator Pierre Ouzoulias responded on his X account (ex-Twitter) by formulating three proposals: one “a moratorium on the opening of new private schools – (the establishment of) a parliamentary commission of inquiry to clarify all existing abuses in private contract schools” As well as “ hearing Mrs. Brigitte Macron, who seems to be playing a big role in promoting private schools in our country, to the opposition of our public schools. »
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