Almost a week after the assassination of Professor Dominique Bernard in front of his Gambetta-Carnot high school, in Arras (Pas-de-Calais), Gabriel Attal is the guest of the program “L’Événement, l’interview “, broadcast on France 2, Thursday October 19, live after the “8 p.m.” news. The Minister of National Education and Youth, present at the teacher’s funeral earlier in the day, will answer Caroline Roux’s questions. Follow our live stream.
What investments to secure schools? The Minister of National Education will be questioned in particular on the means of securing educational establishments, six days after the Arras tragedy and three years after the assassination of Samuel Paty. Earlier this week, Gabriel Attal spoke of investments and efforts in “training subject within establishments”but also “equipment, to fight against external intrusions”. He also announced the deployment of “nearly 1,000 staff” brigades of “prevention and security ministry” and launched a “flash survey” with school directors and heads of establishments on the state of safety equipment.
Gabriel Attal announces “357 disturbances and protests” after Monday’s tributes. During the tributes to Dominique Bernard and Samuel Paty on Monday, no less than “357 disruptions and protests” took place. According to rue de Grenelle, “all these reports are the subject of a systematic referral to the public prosecutor and a disciplinary procedure for the students concerned. For the most serious cases which resemble threats or advocacy of terrorism , immediate exclusion of students is requested from school heads, without delay”. “Several dozens” students were excluded from their establishment, detailed the Minister of Education on Tuesday in the National Assembly.