
Édouard Geffray promises total transparency on Parcoursup and announces 3,000 replacement teachers
The Minister of National Education Édouard Geffray refuses to modify the baccalaureate calendar in the face of high school anger, promises total transparency on Parcoursup's local criteria and algorithms, and announces 3,000 replacement teachers while a new call for strike is launched for November 10.
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The Minister of National Education Édouard Geffray is facing a high school crisis. He refuses to modify the baccalaureate calendar, promises total transparency on Parcoursup's local criteria and algorithms, and announces 3,000 replacement teachers. An inter-union is calling for a new strike on November 10.
“It would put everyone in danger”: faced with high school anger, the Minister of National Education refuses to change the baccalaureate calendar
Édouard Geffray promises to organize this year “total transparency on the local criteria and algorithms used by establishments” on Parcoursup to select students.
“The government is starting to back down”: new call for a strike in education and higher education on November 10
In a press release, the inter-union bringing together high school, student and teacher organizations believes that “it is the time to amplify the mobilization”.
High school crisis: the 3000 replacement teachers pulled out of the hat by Edouard Geffray are causing trouble
DECRYPTION - By revealing that this pool would be available in "the next few hours", the Minister of National Education, Édouard Geffray, demonstrated that these teachers were already part of the workforce, but were not affected. Enough to wonder about human resources management.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Union and high school student mobilization will continue around the November 10 strike.
Likely · Within days
The ministry will publish details of Parcoursup's local criteria and algorithms.
Possible · Within weeks

Faced with the violence of the blockages, many principals request their transfer. At the same time, the announcement of 3,000 replacement teachers by the ministry raises questions about human resources management.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced the creation of 5,000 additional undergraduate places in a letter dated November 10 to university presidents, promising additional resources for a satisfactory reception.

CY Cergy Paris University suspended a teacher who made racist remarks towards a student participating in an IUT blockade at the end of October in Val-d'Oise. The 20-year-old student filed a complaint of racist insult and the university reported the facts to the public prosecutor.

The Minister of National Education Edouard Geffray rules out any postponement of the 2027 baccalaureate, scheduled for May 24 and June 14, despite a month of classes lost in blocked high schools in Aubervilliers and elsewhere. The CFDT Education and Snes-FSU unions are calling for an adjustment of the tests, while the SNPDEN-Unsa is calling for waiting until after the Christmas holidays.

A large part of the high school and student organizations as well as the education inter-union left the first meeting of the Parcoursup reform committee on Monday, denouncing the presence of representatives of the far right, employers, the UNI union, RN deputy Thierry Tesson and UDR senator Gaëlle Frontoni. The government has announced an evolution of the platform before its replacement in 2028.

Unions at a college in the Ile-de-France region are concerned about an annual ceremony honoring the Dead for France established by a July circular for students from CM1 to final year. The Minister of National Education, Edouard Geffray, defends this commemoration of November 11, deeming the controversy regrettable, while several unions denounce a risk of recruitment and political exploitation.