Nearly 3,200 positions were not filled in the public and private teaching competitions

This figure confirms a persistent crisis in teacher recruitment and raises concerns for the start of the school year. Nearly 3,200 positions were not filled this year in the public and private teaching competitions, according to figures published on Monday, July 8 by the Ministry of National Education. Out of 27,589 positions open in 2024 (23,696 in the public sector and 3,893 in the private sector under contract), 3,185 have not been filled.

In detail, in the public sector, the number of positions that have not found takers amounts to 1,350 in the first level (nursery and elementary) and 1,575 in the second level (middle and high schools), according to figures from the ministry. In the private sector, 260 positions remain vacant. For the first level, the ministry’s figures are lower than those of the FSU-Snuipp, the main primary school union, which had given 1,583 unfilled positions at the beginning of July (including 670 in the Créteil academy, 692 in the Versailles academy and 174 in Guyana, excluding additional competitions).

According to a count by AFP, which compiled the results published on the ministry’s Cyclades platform, the number of unfilled positions is also higher: 1,582 in the first public level (excluding Polynesia, additional competitions for Créteil and Versailles, exceptional internal competitions and first internal competitions, excluding recruitment on the supplementary lists).