The Minister of Education, Caroline Désir (PS), has acknowledged the dissatisfaction in the school world and stated her readiness to reorganize the timetable of reforms for schools. Her aim is to provide more flexibility to relieve the sector of the weight and accumulation of various reforms, particularly in the fundamental aspects. The Minister is considering different ways to make the timetable for reforms more sustainable on the ground, giving teams maximum breathing space while maintaining the curriculum. The Minister affirmed that she plans to reduce the workload to ensure a smoother educational year, but she did not elaborate. Ms. Désir will present her proposals at the government meeting scheduled for Thursday and share them with the actors of the Pact for Teaching Excellence. The controversial project on teacher evaluation forcefully rejected by the unions will also be discussed at the meeting.
Faced with persistent discontent from the school world, the Minister of Education Caroline Désir (PS) said she was ready on Tuesday to rearrange the calendar of reforms applied to schools in order to relieve the sector.
Asked in committee of the Parliament by several deputies on the teacher malaise, Ms. Désir said that she was aware of the “heaviness and the accumulation of the various reforms, especially in the fundamental“.
Wishing to now offer them more flexibility, the Minister confided that she was thinking about different ways of adjusting the timetable for reforms “so that it is more sustainable on the ground, to give the teams maximum air while maintaining the course“, she clarified.
“We’re going to try to lighten a whole series of things so that next year goes as smoothly as possible.“, she said again, without giving more details.
Ms. Désir will make a series of concrete proposals at the government meeting scheduled for next Thursday with the aim of presenting them immediately to the actors of the Pact for teaching excellence.
Also probed by MEPs on her intentions regarding the controversial project on the evaluation of teachers forcefully rejected by the unions, the minister specified that the government would consider the procedure to follow next Thursday as well.
In conclusion, the Minister of Education Caroline Désir has acknowledged the concerns and discontent of the school sector and has promised to take action to address it. She is considering rearranging the timetable for reforms to provide more flexibility and give teams maximum air while maintaining the course. She has also set out concrete proposals that will be presented to the actors of the Pact for Teaching Excellence at the government meeting next Thursday. It remains to be seen what these proposals will be and how they will be received, but it is a positive step towards reducing the burden faced by teachers and improving the school system.