And well, for starters, from sources oh how red-pink, hostile in principle to the government, and to refresh memories (June 2008) ...
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Le Nouvel Obs wrote:The "consensus text", signed by seven organizations, lists "sixteen points of convergence" on the reform of the high school and will allow to start the discussions on the reform of the high school.
Xavier Darcos (c) Reuters
Xavier Darcos, Minister of Education, and seven trade unions signed a joint text on Wednesday 11 June listing "sixteen points of convergence" on the reform of the lycée. This text will make it possible to start discussions on the reform.
Five teachers 'unions have signed this text: Snes-FSU (majority in middle and high schools) and Snep-FSU, Sgen-CFDT, Snalc-Csen, SE-Unsa and two head teachers' unions - SNPDEN-Unsa ( majority) and ID-FAEN.
"Standing still is no longer possible"
"I am happy that we have just signed this consensus text (...) We find (...) this basic agreement between all the actors when we talk about the subjects which engage the future of young people", declared Xavier Darcos to the press.
The Minister paid "tribute to the maturity of the personnel who, despite a year which was sometimes marked by tensions, considered that it was necessary to respond to the outstretched hand of the Minister and sign this text which is very engaging".
The signing was made possible according to him "because everyone" at the school, "agrees that standing still is no longer possible".
"One month to set the rules of the game"
The reform of the school must establish a new second class in September 2009, a new first in 2010 and a new terminal in 2011. The rector of Aix-Marseille, Jean-Paul de Gaudemar, now has "one month to set the rules of the game and a timetable" on the reform, said Xavier Darcos.
The text proposes, among other things, to "guarantee the continuation of studies in higher education", to reduce repetitions, to offer "real freedom of choice for high school students by avoiding too early confinement in courses" and give greater autonomy to establishments.
For this, guiding principles are retained, such as the development of "self-employment", the "customization of school routes"," more flexible "terms for" the upgrading students", or"gateway and reorientation possibilities".
Revaluation of the teaching profession
In the margins of the press point, the Minister of Education, Xavier Darcos, also stated that discussions with the unions on the issue of upgrading the teaching profession should take place in September.
"I think that we will meet again in September on this subject", with the trade unions, he declared to the press.
"We have a background document which, I recall, was a little lost in the limbo of animation - we will say - (social movements in Education, editor's note) of recent weeks, which is the Pochard report, "he said.
"This text has been discussed, it has not always been well understood, but in the end it remains for me a starting point, a foundation on which we can open negotiations and discussions."
"Difficult to talk to each other"
Handed to the Minister on February 4, the Pochard commission report explores several avenues, such as a redesign of the organization of teachers' working time, the autonomy of schools, or even versatility, that is to say the possibility of training teachers to teach two subjects in grades 6 and 5.
Xavier Darcos then promised proposals "before the summer", in the form of a white paper, to enhance the profession of teacher.
The Minister recalled that "we can consider that we have lost four months, that corresponds to the four months when frankly it was very difficult to speak to each other, I recall that between February and May, we had two demonstrations per week on average