The "refounding School" proclaimed loudly by Vincent Peillon proves a masquerade more. In
many aspects, continuity with previous policies, All?gre in Chatel, is obvious. Staff of
National Education will mobilize they provided? ---- One of the greatest
sleight-of-Password government is to swallow his so-called "priority to education." But
can we talk about priority when does not even 8000 posts, only 10% of the 80,000 jobs lost
in five years under the National Education Sarkozy? When one finds ministry is to provide
a substitute for youth employment with the "jobs of the future teachers," all for 900
euros a month? When insecure of Education can not see the shadow of a massive tenure
profile is? And the list could be extended!
closures for classes
This overhaul, cobbled together in a hurry, really hard to convince both the word itself
is from the policy. On school timetables, the hiatus is overwhelming. The children will
have to go back to school on Wednesday morning, continuing in most municipalities, to stay
up to 16 h 30 the other day, the lunch break is extended. And this "revolution" was
imposed on the grounds that children have overloaded weeks? For teachers in any case, the
thing is heard: they are asked to work one morning back again without lowering their
amplitude work elsewhere (and of course without upgrading their salaries).
Not to mention that we are very far from a real reflection on school timetables in the
context of a school emancipatory. In secondary schools, grants are coming cruel: the means
are not lost back and working conditions, severely degraded, will continue to affect the
lives of staff and students.
Faced with the nonsense of the government, the largest union of education, FSU plays
dithering. Should be "constructive", "critical", "offensive"? It depends sectors, trades
and departments. If the level of the national machinery is the wait dominates in
vocational schools, trade unions FSU, South CGT called joint strike on January 31.
The ministry has decided to decentralize some of its powers, which threatens many closures
of classes and sections. On school timetables to Paris, SNUIPP-FSU is a party to the
Inter-built broad mobilization. Other examples exist, and it is on these mobilizations,
still sparse, and South-CGT ?duc'action Education and would like to support the struggle
to engage at the national level.
Exceptional mobilization Paris on 22 January, with 90% of teachers of first-degree strike
and demonstration in 3000, shows a significant response is possible, leading beyond union
activists.
Tom Rouergue (AL activist of Education)
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