The Minister of National Education, Anne Genetet, spoke to defend teachers, while Nicolas Sarkozy affirmed that they only work “six months a year”.
The Minister of National Education Anne Genetet estimated that teachers “work a lot in difficult conditions” and called for them “sustain” after the words of Nicolas Sarkozy which, according to him, only work “six months a year”.
«On me dit [qu’il] There are not enough civil servants in National Education, but this is incredible demagoguery. The status of school teacher (…) is 24 hours a week” et “6 months of the year”said the former President of the Republic during a conference in Saint-Raphaël in the Var on Friday evening. “There are hundreds of thousands of competent, dedicated and wonderful teachers. And there are some who choose the job for the wrong reasons”added the former leader of the UMP.
“We must support our teachers”
The words of the former President of the Republic, who prides himself on having reduced the number of civil servants by 150,000 when he was at the Élysée, provoked a strong reaction from politicians on the left as well as from the center, and from the unions. Questioned Monday evening by AFP, the Minister of National Education Anne Genetet did not wish “judge” these words.
“We cannot say that our teachers work little. They work a lot in sometimes very difficult conditions.however noted the minister, evoking “teachers who are motivated, passionate, committed to the success of their students”.
“French school teachers work 30% more per year than their German counterparts”she also recalled, believing that“we must support our teachers, our management staff. No support should be missing”.
