Measures justified by “budgetary necessities“which make the players in Liège education jump.”Our schools are directly affected by this decree and, for some, risk closure.“, alerts a professor present at the demonstration Tuesday morning in front of City Hall. “It is not for our salaries or our appointments that we are in the streets, but for the good of our students“, assure many of his colleagues, worried”of the future that we will offer to future generations“Students who were dozens in front of La Violette, imploring politicians to “leave the qualifier alone“.
At 11 a.m., a meeting between the union delegations and the alderman of Public Education, Julie Fernandez Fernandez took place. At the end of this discussion, Jorre Dewitte, CGSP regional secretary, was not smiling. “The news is really not good“, he said, indicating that there is “43 jobs possibly threatened among the teaching and supervisory staff of the City’s secondary schools alone“. Just at Léon Mignon (gunsmithing school), “87 lesson periods could be eliminated“.
“These pessimistic figures should be taken with a grain of salt but they are based on today’s reality and the number of students currently enrolled“, he told the trade unionist. A situation “alarming which affects all networks“.
Faced with this uncertain future, unions, teachers and students wish “put pressure“on the minister and demand”a modification of the decree more in line with the reality on the ground“. Meetings between educational teams and delegations are underway all afternoon to “decide the future of the movement“The unions have already entrusted us”cover until the end of the week the staff who decide to walk out“.
