Gabriel Attal wants to increase the salary of teachers despite budgetary constraints

Gabriel Attal "takes responsibility" for wanting to increase teachers' salaries and to make Education a "priority" despite the state of public finances, through savings elsewhere, particularly on social spending. “It’s necessary. The reality is that there is an impoverishment of the teaching profession,” replied the Renaissance candidate in the presidential election, following a visit to an establishment in Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine) on the occasion of the start of the school year. “I make Education a priority, I accept that I want to increase the Education budget, which will also require savings. I have already identified a certain number of savings avenues that I want to defend, particularly in the social sphere and in social spending, which will allow us to finance this priority,” he said.

He recalled wanting to increase all teachers by “200 euros net per month, and for those in the middle of their careers who are the ones furthest behind the others, this could go up to 500 euros”. Many candidates for the Élysée have proposed an increase in teachers' salaries, from Édouard Philippe to Bruno Retailleau via Raphaël Glucksmann.

He advocates the establishment of a “certificate of studies upon entry into sixth form”

“School for me is not a campaign subject, it is the cause for which I committed myself to my political responsibilities,” explained Gabriel Attal, former Secretary of State for Youth, then Minister of National Education. He listed a few proposals from his program, in particular the objective of “less than 20 students per class on average in primary schools throughout France” made possible thanks to the already started decline in demographics.

Furthermore, “we cannot have a system in which you have students who slide from class to class whatever their level,” he said, advocating the establishment of a “certificate of studies upon entry into sixth grade” and a “bridge year” to prepare for entry to college in the event of failure. Same logic for entry into high school, with the certificate established as a “prerequisite for immediate entry into high school” and a “bridging year” of preparation in the event of failure.