We would have liked to be able to applaud the measures announced by Anne Genetet as part of “Act II of the clash of knowledge”, but with the best will in the world, we would not be able to do so. The tenant of rue de Grenelle may want to “ give college a boost » et « relaunch the educational elevator “, as she declared in an interview with AFP, or to defend a ” very coherent whole to raise the level from primary to high school “, it only convinces those who allow themselves to be fooled.
Anne Genetet in the footsteps of Gabriel Attal?
Anne Genetet, this colt of Gabriel Attal, follows in the footsteps of her predecessor. She adopts the announcements which had made him rather sympathetic, during his brief stay at the Ministry of National Education, but without his oratorical skill. Everything happens as if she wants to throw smoke and mirrors and make people believe that she is really going to raise academic standards and improve teaching, when this is not the case. Do you find this judgment too harsh?
Let's talk about the compulsory certificate to go to second… from 2027. By then, the water will have flowed under the bridges. Even if it is a little more difficult to obtain this exam from 2026, with a greater weighting of the terminal control (60%, compared to 50% today), this will not be enough to raise the level: at the brevet as well as in the baccalaureate, we will always have a high percentage of success, which is an illusion. Not to mention that it will be necessary to organize the exam earlier in the year, given the complexity of second year assignments.
With what means?
As for the groups of needs, she intends to maintain them in 6e et 5e at the start of the 2025 school year and “ [les étendre] in 4e et 3ebut in a different way because the needs are not the same “. Let's overlook the fact that, this year, their implementation was mostly DIY and that we don't yet know anything about their effectiveness. But what does it matter! We must move forward, without knowing where we are going. “ These groups in 4e et 3e will be held for one hour per week, alternating between mathematics and French. The students most in difficulty will be in reduced numbers “, she specifies. It's beautiful on paper, but with which teachers, while recruitment is experiencing an unprecedented crisis of attractiveness?
To want ” raise the level in mathematics » et « set up, from June 2026, an anticipated mathematics test “, it's a good intention, but what will we be able to evaluate, with mathematics teaching of an hour and a half per week for students who have not chosen the mathematics specialty? The entire organization of high school and the baccalaureate should be reviewed to restore meaning to what was once the first university degree. The entire education system, from primary school to high school, must be rebuilt.
To cast shame on the profession of teacher is to participate in the decline of teaching
Let's stop burdening Anne Genetet. Let us recognize him, at least, for having spoken out to defend teachers, stupidly stigmatized by a former President of the Republic who should remember everything he did wrong for education when he was in charge. Yes, most teachers work a lot in difficult conditions » and do not work that “ 24 hours per week » et « six months of the year “. If there are among them a few smokers, as in all professions, they must be dismissed; but to believe that they are lazy and profiteers, to cast opprobrium on the profession of teacher, is to contribute to devaluing it, to alienating the best students and, ultimately, to contributing to the decline of teaching.
« Raise the level. This is the mission of the School. If we succeed, the entire Republic will triumph », Anne Genetet has just written to the entire educational community. All the ministers repeated it, each in their own way. And education continued its decline!
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