Voices on the left and unions denounce Sarkozy’s “contempt” for school teachers

Voices on the left and in the MoDem, as well as teachers’ unions denounced the “contempt” of Nicolas Sarkozy for school teachers who, according to the former president, only work “six months a year”.

“I am told “there are not enough civil servants in National Education”, but it is implausibly demagogy. 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 (right). “We cannot afford to have a million teachers”said Nicolas Sarkozy, boasting of having reduced the number of civil servants by 150,000 when he was at the Élysée.

“Insults the educational community”

The boss of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure denounced on the social network “contempt for school teachers” while being surprised that the former head of state could “dare to say that there are too many teachers when our children are often far too many per class”.

The PS mayor of Montpellier and professor of history and geography Michaël Delafosse judged «consternants» these words while “teachers need consideration”to be “supported in the face of all attempts to destabilize secularism, in the face of violence”asking that we “stems the spiral of downgrading by ensuring adequate remuneration”.

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MoDem deputy from Doubs Laurent Croizier suggested that the ex-president go to work “a week in a nursery school”. “Your words are abysmally ignorant. They are part of the crisis in the attractiveness of the teaching profession. For our children, choose education rather than contempt from teachers”he added.

“Intolerable”the first primary union FSU-SNuipp was indignant. Nicolas Sarkozy “insults the educational community” and through them “the students and parents of students he despises”estimated its spokesperson Guislaine David.

“Mr Nicolas Sarkozy, school teachers are annoying you and the 800,000 teachers”reacted for its part the collective Les Stylos Rouges. This group, which wants to bring forward the demands of National Education agents, also makes irony about the numerous trials initiated against the former head of state.