Training in ecological transition, water management, difficulties at school… The “8h30 franceinfo” by Estelle Brachlianoff and Jean-Michel Blanquer

The general director of Véolia and the former Minister of National Education were the guests of “8h30 franceinfo”, Thursday April 4, 2024.

Estelle Brachlianoff, general director of Véolia and Jean-Michel Blanquer, president of Terra Academia and former minister of National Education, were the guests of “8h30 franceinfo”, Thursday April 4, 2024. They responded to questions from Salhia Brakhlia and Jérôme Chapuis.

Better training in ecological transition professions

Jean-Michel Blanquer and Estelle Barchlianoff together launched Terra Academia, a school to train in ecological transition professions. “You have 400,000 jobs that will be created linked to ecological transformation“, supports the former Minister of National Education. “We must be at this meeting, this requires a mobilization of the whole of society“, and in particular businesses according to him.

“There will be no ecological transformation without trained people, everywhere in France and at all levels, to implement it.“, adds Estelle Brachlianoff.

Eternal pollutants, “we have the ability to filter them”

While deputies debate this Thursday, April 4, 2024, a bill to ban PFAS, also called eternal pollutants, present in many everyday products, the general director of Véolia assures that “Véolia has the capacity to filter these pollutants. “The word eternal is because they do not destroy themselves if we wait without doing anything“, she recalls.

On the quality of tap water, Estelle Brachlianoff insists that “Ltap water is one of the most monitored products in France, therefore monitored by health authorities, public or private actors“.

Level, secularism, lack of resources… the difficulties of school seen by a former minister

Asked about the shock of knowledge launched by Gabriel Attal and the level groups, the former Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer, believes that it is “normal for this generation to have an increasingly personalized pedagogy. In other words, we must know how to differentiate according to level, particularly in the fundamental knowledge of French and mathematics.”

On the question of secularism and the protection of establishments, he judges that it “is important that establishments do not feel alone“faced with these questions.

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