After several weeks of consultations, Michel Barnier’s government was detailed on Saturday. The new Minister of National Education, Anne Genetet, was until now rather considered as a specialist in defense issues.
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Anne Genetet, the new Minister of National Education, “doesn’t know much, either directly or indirectly, about school and the education system”judged Saturday September 21 on franceinfo Elisabeth Allain-Moreno, general secretary of SE-Unsa, after the announcement of the government of Michel Barnier. “This worries us a lot.”
Elisabeth Allain-Moreno deplores a new minister who, “on paper, has no expertise in the field of school.” She emphasizes the “need to master subjects such as training”, draws attention to “recruitment and attractiveness difficulties” of the profession, “the need to better accommodate students, whether at the level of students with disabilities or students with behavioral problems.”
For Sophie Vénétitay, general secretary of Snes-FSU (the most representative union in secondary education), “There is no good point in this profile, it looks like a casting error in view of the stakes for the school.”
“We are being given someone who knows absolutely nothing about National Education, who is clearly there because there was a form of political shambles to try to maintain the balance within the central bloc.”
Sophie Vénétitay, Secretary General of Snes-FSUto franceinfo
“There is inevitably anger and the feeling, once again, of being despised”adds the unionist. “It is ultimately quite distressing and certainly revealing of the way in which Emmanuel Macron does not view National Education”she concluded.