Moral and civic education: doubts about the promises of “civic rearmament” in school

Pap Ndiaye, then Minister of National Education, coincidentally announced the reform of moral and civic education five days before the death of Nahel M., killed on June 27, 2023 by a police officer in Nanterre, and the riots it sparked. Since then, this revision of Moral and Civic Education (EMC) has become the backbone of the educational version “civic rearmament of the nation” wanted by Emmanuel Macron.

The President of the Republic, who declared in columns at the end of August 2023 Point that “is from (school) that we will restore France”he reaffirmed in early January that this teaching would “re-established” and his “hourly volume will(it) double” from 5^E at 3^E, “in support of the nation’s great founding texts”. The one who believes it “It is in the classrooms that France is whispered about and our values ​​are learned” aims to create an EMC and “fundamental matter” For “making tomorrow’s republicans”.

To carry this colossal political charge, Gabriel Attal confirmed on January 20, a few days after his appointment as head of government, the transformation planned for September 2024: the teaching of EMC according to new programs, thereby “the material itself”independent of the history-geography to which it is attached to the college today, and to dedicate “one hour a week” between 5^E and 3^E instead of the previous thirty minutes. But as the 2024 school year prepares for the facility, it appears that these repeated promises will not be followed by effects.

Still within the framework of history-geography

On January 30, the Higher Program Council (CSP) published its completely rewritten draft of the KP program for the final year. It is subject to consultation until 15 March, after which it will be amended before publication, which is planned for June.

“We worked on the recommendation of Pap Ndiaye, explains Mark Sherringham, President of CSP. It was about emphasizing the values ​​of the Republic and secularism, following precedents that have already done so, but also about further emphasizing media education as well as eco-citizenship and development education. »

Les Clionautes, an association of history and geography teachers, believes this “nothing fundamentally changes”, and is surprised by it “a thunderous public statement about the inability of programs to address major contemporary issues”.

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