2023-11-30 11:31:38
Their commitments, we are still waiting for them
A year and a half following their last outing, teachers are back on the streets of Liège to make themselves heard by political parties. Because according to Frédéric Cultiaux, secondary school teacher, nothing has changed: “We’re still waiting for their commitments. We haven’t seen anything change in our daily lives, in our classes. So yes, they claim to have changed certain things, but I, in my daily life, see absolutely nothing.”
A daily life summarized by Emilie Herbeto. She is a nursery school teacher in Seraing. “The walls are damp, the schools are falling apart. You should know that a teacher buys all his equipment with his salary, when he has one” she confides. “There are far too many children in classes, many children with very different needs. Very little help to overcome dysfunctions. There are, I believe, 46% fewer enrollments in high schools. schools this year than usual. It’s a job that is not valued at all. A large part of young people who graduate leave the job within the first 5 years because the working conditions are just not possible. In itself, it’s a great job, we’re super motivated, but teaching only holds together thanks to our motivation and determination. Without us, the system is extremely failing.”
We cannot meet the needs of 22 children alone
“At the very youngest level, we are all alone with 22 students, and we are not magicians” adds Madame Margot, nursery teacher at the Welkenraedt municipal school. “We cannot meet the needs of children by being alone with 22 students.”
With this new manifestation, the unions intend to put pressure on the parties before the elections next June.
And if some teachers are absent today, schools are still in principle open.
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