Thirty teachers and parents of students from the Albert Camus college in Auxerre demonstrated Thursday in front of the establishment. They protested against the possible abolition at the start of the next school year in September, of 18 hours of lessons, which according to them would result in a 6th class less. They symbolically entered a box of cardboard sardines to denounce the increase in staff.
A 6th class less
“We would leave in September on the basis of five sixths, whereas this year we have six“, explains Agnès Cochard, French teacher and FSU union representative, “_which poses a problem since the ULIS (_Localized Units for Inclusive Education), pupils who have a particular need, who benefit from help in a parallel structure, but who are systematically in our classes, are not counted and neither are their companions. which makes classes at 32 or 33″.
– Thierry Boulant
An accounting logic that does not take into account the delay of students
The health crisis has also left its mark. For two years, many students still experience schooling in special conditions. “Currently in sixth grade, we are at 28, which is already significant for working in very good conditions. There, we will be at 30” deplores Arnaud Prisot, sports teacher and departmental co-secretary of Snep-FSU, “It will not allow better learning and after this crisis, we can see very well that they are late. We could hope to have fewer numbers in order to be able to act better on the students and help them progress further. This is not the case.”
Union representatives and parents of Albert Camus college students are to meet the director of the departmental services of national education on Monday afternoon, to plead their case. They hope that national education will backtrack.