Amélie Oudéa-Castéra “has the confidence” of the executive despite the controversies, assures a minister

According to the Minister responsible for Relations with Parliament, Marie Lebec, the Minister of Education and Sports “has the confidence of the President of the Republic, of the Prime Minister”.

The united government behind Amélie Oudéa-Castéra? The Minister of Education and Sports, faced with a series of controversies since the reshuffle, “has the confidence of the President of the Republic, of the Prime Minister”assured Marie Lebec, Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament, Sunday February 4.

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra “has carried out the preparation for the Olympic Games with great success. I believe that the important thing today is to move forward and respond to what the teachers are asking us” And this “beyond the question of the person”said Marie Lebec, the youngest minister in the new government, on France 3.

On Thursday, thousands of teachers and education staff demonstrated in Paris and in major cities in France, to raise awareness about their working conditions and salaries. They also intended to defend public schools after Amélie Oudéa-Castéra’s controversial statements on the subject. The Snes-FSU, CGT and SUD unions called for a new strike in National Education on Tuesday, to defend salaries and oppose educational policy at the college.

Oppositions head on against the minister

Another hard blow for the minister, one of the highest executives in National Education, the rector of Paris, resigned on Friday. Its decision follows the ministry’s choice of a “moratorium” on part of its reform of prep classes, which aimed to improve social diversity in these courses.

Oppositions remain strong against Amélie Oudéa-Castéra. The coordinator of La France insoumise, Manuel Bompard, estimated on Sunday on BFMTV that his resignation “seems to be obvious”. The minister, according to him, expresses “the contempt of the class that is in power today for public schools” And “is incapable of responding to the difficulties facing national education”.

For the president of the National Rally Jordan Bardella, “the school needs a full-time minister” For “symbolically and financially rehabilitate the profession of teacher”. “We must restore public authority at school”he defended on France 3.