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The Minister of National Education and Youth Gabriel Attal arrives at the departmental council in Saint-Denis de La Réunion, accompanied by its president Cyrille Melchior, during his two-day visit to the island of La Réunion for the start of the school year , August 16, 2023. OLIVIER LABAN MATTEI/MYOP FOR “THE WORLD”
Night envelops the Indian Ocean. Flanked by the prefect and the rector, Gabriel Attal was taken directly to the foot of the plane which, from Saint-Denis de La Réunion, was to bring him back to Paris the next morning. He hangs the jacket of his fitted suit in the closet of the business cabin, and puts his vaporizer on the shelf, next to a glass of red wine. His delegation is exhausted, not him. His immaculate white shirt doesn’t have a crease. And his tanned face keeps no trace, or very little, of this distant journey.
It is barely installed that a passenger approaches and asks for a selfie: ” I am a fan of you ! » The young Minister of National Education complies, delighted. “People are super nice, he confides, sitting down again. When they come to see you, like that, it’s tempting to imagine a destiny, to start believing in it… But you have to distinguish between political support and the simple “seen on TV”. You don’t have to get carried away. »
Gabriel Attal spent two days on the island of Reunion, for the start of the school year for Reunionese. Thursday, August 17, in front of a class at La Possession, 15 kilometers from Saint-Denis, he lets himself be questioned by primary school students: “Are you the third most important person in France?
– I wouldn’t say that, everyone is important, smiles the one who fiercely negotiated with Emmanuel Macron not to “not be below” of his predecessor, Pap Ndiaye, in the protocol order of the government (he is seventh).
– Are you stressed?asks another.
– Of course, I am still very stressed. You have to know how to channel your stress and use it to be good. »
“I am without taboo”
The Minister of National Education, Gabriel Attal, discusses with students on the issue of school harassment, at Bourbon College in Saint-Denis, Reunion, August 17, 2023. OLIVIER LABAN MATTEI / MYOP FOR “THE WORLD”
Appointed Minister of National Education on July 20, at only 34 years old, it is an understatement to say that Gabriel Attal is under pressure, on the eve of his first return to school. Thursday, August 24, he will address all the rectors of France to set their three priorities: “raising the bar”recover from “authority” at school, and to ensure that it finally gives ” trust “ students, with artistic and cultural education. The speech ” Most important “ of his young political career, he confided before learning that the President of the Republic was going to make his own comeback on educational subjects, with thundering announcements unveiled Wednesday evening in Point. “It puts wind in the sails”swears an adviser to the minister, who is trying to look good.
Monday August 21 and Tuesday August 22, Attal received all the union officials, whom he had already called, one by one, during his short vacation in Corsica. In Reunion, he was able to touch the claims of the latter. In front of a handful of them, met Wednesday, August 16 at the rectorate of Saint-Denis, the minister hinted that he was going to postpone certain bac exams from March to June, in order to avoid the demobilization of students in the third quarter. He will announce his decision on August 28, during his back-to-school press conference.
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