“We don’t understand anything”: the main union of school heads rejects the “time of democracy” proposed by Sébastien Lecornu

The main union of school heads, SNPDEN-Unsa, refuses to organize the “time of democracy”, demanded by Sébastien Lecornu on Tuesday October 6 to renew dialogue with angry high school students. Olivier Beaufrere, principal and national education and teaching secretary of the union, denounces a lack of “indications on what is expected”, as well as a problem of “temporality” and “form” in the Prime Minister’s proposal.

“We cannot return to normality so quickly in establishments that are still blocked,” says Olivier Beaufrere, who denounces a “cacophony” in the government’s announcements. “We don’t understand anything about it. Yesterday in the Assembly, the Prime Minister spoke of completely trivializing three days of classes. Then, the Minister of National Education backpedaled by mentioning only half a day,” he points out to Le Figaro.

“The principals will not be able to provide an answer”

This “time of democracy” is supposed to allow “a resumption of teaching in the best conditions, while…