A militant picnic in front of the Marcelin-Berthelot high school in Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis), a rally near the Montesquieu high school in Bordeaux, a mobilization “neither Blanquer baccalaureate, nor misery retirement” against the Honoré-de- Balzac de Mitry-Mory (Seine-et-Marne)… If the baccalaureate specialty exams, which begin Monday March 20 and account for almost a third of the final grade, should mostly go smoothly, teachers mobilized the pension reform planned to organize actions during this period.
The use of article 49.3 of the Constitution by the government to have the reform adopted without a vote, Thursday, March 16, relaunched the mobilization. Added to this in education is a rejection of the new baccalaureate and its calendar. The SNES-FSU, FO, CGT and SUD thus called on Friday for a “surveillance strike where possible”. The UNSA and the CFDT, although engaged in this social movement, on the other hand reject this action.
” Difficult decision “
The general secretary of the CFDT himself called on teachers to “do not interfere with the tray”. “For a young person in final year, the month of March is a total stress: you pass the baccalaureate and you have to manage Parcoursup. This period is already very hard for them. If, in addition, they have above their heads a sword of Damocles, we are not helping anyone.said Laurent Berger in an interview with Release, Sunday.
The unions are not the only ones to be divided on what to do. Teachers, even the most mobilized, are torn between the need to express their dissatisfaction and the desire not to penalize their students. “It’s a very difficult decision to make, but the anger is strong”concedes Sophie Vénétitay, head of the SNES-FSU.
The Ministry of Education, for its part, takes a firm position. Additional supervisors were summoned and the rue de Grenelle did not exclude, on Sunday, having recourse to the prefects in the event of difficulties in accessing the examination centers. The correction phase will also be subject to particular vigilance.