The Ministers of Education announced on Sunday that mathematics will be compulsory for all general high school students, from the first class, at the start of the 2023 school year.
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“It is important to develop scientific culture in this country”, rejoiced Sunday November 13 on franceinfo Sophie Vénétitay, general secretary of the Snes-FSU, after the announcement of the reintroduction of compulsory mathematics for all high school students in first in the general stream.
The measure, demanded by the educational community since the application of the Blanquer reform in 2019, is according to it a “advanced”even if it asks different questions: “Will there be enough math teachers? What will be the connection with the final year class?” Among his questions: whether students will be able to follow the teaching of complementary mathematics in the final year class, which could “open doors for them on Parcoursup”.
On the form, Sophie Vénétitay also regrets the impression of a “perpetual tinkering” and wish the ads go “more than just a press release on Sunday evening”. She concludes: “the programs keep changing… As if each minister wanted to leave his mark in the history of national education. This makes learning extremely difficult”.