
Prime Minister provides support to university presidents in a period of high tensions
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.
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Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu sent a letter to university presidents to formalize the creation of 5,000 additional undergraduate places, in a context of strong tensions.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu formalized the creation of 5,000 additional undergraduate places in a letter addressed to university presidents of which AFP became aware on Wednesday.
“Additional resources will be provided to you, in particular to allow the opening, under satisfactory reception conditions, of 5,000 additional undergraduate students,” he wrote in this letter dated November 10, in which he assures the university presidents of his “personal support and that of the government”, in “this period of strong tensions”.

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.

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.

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.

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.