the reform proposed by the government “leads us straight into the wall”, believes the Snes-FSU

Reform to respond to the teacher recruitment crisis in primary and secondary education “leads us straight into the wall and accelerates”, estimates Thursday May 9 on franceinfo Sophie Vénétitay, general secretary of the Snes-FSU union (National Union of Secondary Education). The Minister of National Education, Nicole Belloubet, recognized Thursday on franceinfo “recruitment difficulties” In “certain academies” and that the government has “a long-term response” in particular by modifying “initial teacher training”.

Sophie Vénétitay claims to have been able to discuss this subject with the minister on Monday. “She presented us with the first leads which she confirmed this Thursday morning on franceinfo. But these are leads which have not yet been completely stabilized”worries the trade unionist who reminds us that we are “in May” and that the reform “is supposed to apply in four months”.

“We must stop these DIY solutions”

Sophie Vénétitay does not seem convinced by the proposals made by Nicole Belloubet: “We lack teachers, we have been lacking them for years and the shock of attractiveness that Nicole Belloubet promises us is to pay students, who have just passed the competition, 900 euros per month. We are making fun of the world.” For the trade unionist, faced with the current crisis, “we must stop these DIY solutions. We can say to ourselves that National Education deserves something other than being the largest DIY brand in France”.

According to her, we must first of all tackle “on the question of salaries” and to “that of working conditions”. “It is clear that the minister says nothing on thiscontinues Sophie Vénétitay. She cannot be content with being the minister of findings. She must be the minister of solutions.”.

Asked about the fact that Nicole Belloubet also wishes to better regulate the use of screens in class, Sophie Vénétitay is supportive. The trade unionist draws up a “mixed results” screens and tablets deployed in class and emphasizes that there are “a problem with the screens” : “Certainly National Education has gone too far on the screens […] We made it the alpha and omega of everything that could be a solution for the students. This is not the ultimate solution to make them succeed.”. Sophie Vénétitay speaks of “finding a happy medium” in the use of this tool which must “always be supervised and reasoned”. She adds that teachers should also “always have a choice in the medium with which they teach students.”