Sébastien Lecornu receives representatives of high school and university students on Monday afternoon, following the social conference with unions and employers, and before a working meeting on the reform of the contested platform.
“How can we refound Parcoursup without adding license places? We are asking for the repeal of this platform and the creation of places in colleges,” assures Julia Kudada, general secretary of the Les Lycéens union, before a meeting scheduled for 3:30 p.m., Monday November 9, in Matignon. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu receives representatives of high school and university students. “We more than need to have concrete progress,” declares Nathanaël Combary, president of Renouveau lycéen, also a member of Renaissance.
A meeting on the reform of Parcoursup. After his interview with the representatives of high school students and students, Sébastien Lecornu must participate in a first committee to reform the contested guidance system, which many high school students are calling for to disappear. The government has promised changes this year and its replacement in 2028.
Baccalaureate dates maintained. Edouard Geffray confirmed that the baccalaureate dates at the end of this school year would not change. "We cannot demonstrate to cultivate the national character of the baccalaureate and then say 'what if we started to unravel things'", argued the Minister of National Education, who also recalled the "illegal" nature of the blockages in front of high schools.
Remedial courses possible in February or Easter. Catch-up classes could be organized during school holidays "in February" or "at Easter", the Minister of National Education announced on Monday on France 2.
A new call for a strike on Tuesday. In National Education specifically, a new call for strike has been launched for next Tuesday.
Matignon has just communicated the list of participants. For the government, Edouard Geffray and Philippe Baptiste, respectively ministers of National Education and Higher Education. For the representatives of high school students, Fage, the Student Union, Unef, Student Coordination, FSE, High School Students, High School Renewal, Students of the Créteil Academy and representatives of the National Council for High School Life.
The principal of the Emile Combes vocational high school, in Bègles (Gironde), was hit in the head by a projectile this morning, reports ICI Gironde. According to the town hall, around thirty hooded people arrived and set fire to the two gates of the establishment. The Bordeaux rectorate indicates that a complaint will be filed. Four individuals were arrested.
Like every morning, the Ministry of National Education has just communicated the number of blocked high schools. There were 31 of 3,700 at 9:30 a.m.
And during this time, the Student Union launched a petition to request adjustments to exams as the exams approach, so as not to "penalize" a young person who "fought for the right to study". The union refuses to allow students to be evaluated “on concepts” that they “could not see in person”. The text has already collected nearly 6,500 signatures.
Edouard Geffray wants to take advantage of the “success courses” that already exist to try to catch up with the programs, “for example during the February or Easter holidays”. During these weeks, volunteer teachers, “paid for this”, will come and give “complementary or additional catch-up or training lessons”.
The Minister of National Education announces that he wants to extend “catch-up classes” during the short holidays, to compensate for classes lost due to blockages.
“High school students must let their classmates enter class, otherwise they ruin their school year,” declared Edouard Geffray, on the set of “4 Vérités” on France 2. “There are people who have lost three or four weeks of classes because their classmates stopped them from going to class.”
The Minister of National Education threatens blocking high school students with “disciplinary sanctions”.
