This April 20, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen discussed education during the debate between two rounds. Revaluation of teachers’ salaries, digital at school, return of the uniform, baccalaureate… What do the two candidates offer for the school?
The second round of the presidential elections takes place this Sunday, April 24 with Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. This Wednesday, April 20, took place the debate between two rounds broadcast simultaneously on TF1 and France 2. The two candidates addressed the issue of education and more particularly dropping out of school, teacher salaries and guidance. The Journal des Femmes helps you compare the programs of the two candidates for the Elysée Palace as well as their proposals concerning the education of our children.
Emmanuel Macron: maths, orientation, digital and professional sector
It was not until the end of the evening that the question of education was broached during the debate between two rounds. Asked about the low level in mathematics of French students and the poor rank of France in the Pisa ranking, Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed his desire to fight against school dropout. “The investment made in CP and CE1 has made it possible for the children of the Republic most in difficulty to catch up (their delay) in smaller classes“, explained the President of the Republic who wishes put mathematics back on the common core program in high school for first and final year students. Emmanuel Macron also plans, if he is elected, the establishment of a “half hour of daily sport” at school because “sport at school is a fundamental point”. It also offers to focus on orientation from fifth grade by allowing middle school students to have “access to jobs outside to understand where they want to go“. The presidential candidate also wants “carry out a major reform of the vocational high school” and see paid vocational high school internships. Finally, he mentioned the teacher salary “who will no longer start their career with less than 2000 euros (gross) per month“.
This March 17, Emmanuel Macron had already presented the main lines of his program, where education occupies a central place. The candidate president thus specified that the increase in the teachers’ salaries were contingent on different assignments such as the replacement of their absent colleagues, personalized follow-up of pupils and a greater investment in extracurricular activities. Emmanuel Macron also wishes to make public the evaluations carried out in CP, CE1, 6th and second. It also wants to make the autonomy of primary schools a priority and propose 35-hour contracts at AESH (Accompanying students with disabilities). Finally, the President would like high school students in vocational establishments are paid. He promises an envelope of 12 billion devoted to education and youth and a great consultation at the start of the five-year term with teachers, parents, secondary school students and local elected officials. Indeed, Emmanuel Macron had already specified, on March 3, that he wanted make a selection in the professional sectors, too numerous and for some without outlets and to increase the partnership with companies in vocational high schools. Emmanuel Macron had also insisted on the importance of digitalannouncing that college students will be able to choose in 5th grade to learn the code “in equivalent to the second living language”.
► The Emmanuel Macron’s program
Marine Le Pen: uniform, baccalaureate, boarding schools, upgrading of teachers
Questioned on the same subjects during the debate between two rounds, Marine Le Pen indicated that she too wanted fight against school dropout. “I want students who arrive in 6th grade mastering the French language“said the RN candidate who also wants the baccalaureate to be profoundly modified. “I want to redo the baccalaureate exam where we do not determine in advance how much we will give it. I wish it return of the ES, L and S streams“, she explained. Marine Le Pen also wants to be implemented “specific boarding schools for students with delinquency and behavioral problems”. Finally, like her opponent, she wants teachers to be increased by 3% per year. “Teachers will teach on Wednesday morning, and will be paid additionally“, she hammered.
During a press conference on March 7, 2022, Marine Le Pen had already unveiled the main lines of her program for education. “French educational excellence has been massacred”, she said. The candidate of the National Rally (RN), who wishes the return of the uniform in primary and secondary schoolwants to “put back at the heart of the programs” the teaching of French, mathematics and history. Marine Le Pen also wants increase the number of lesson hours in primary school and provide that the number of pupils per class is limited to 20 in the Grande section and in CP and to 30 in the secondary. She wants the school to be a “machine for assimilating and creating the French people of tomorrow” and insists that the Islamic veil be prohibited for all accompanying persons on school trips. Among the other measures announced by Marine Le Pen: the abolition of the baccalaureate reform, the widespread deployment of video surveillance in secondary establishments, greater severity in the face of absenteeism, an upgrading of vocational training. The RN candidate would also like some of the homework to be done in class and for the subject programs to be voted on by Parliament. Another promise: professional training chosen from the 5th. Finally, the training institutes for future teachers (the National Higher Institutes of Teaching and Education) would be abolished. Endowed with a master 2, candidates for teaching should pass the CAPES or the aggregation, and would be trained by peers.
► The Marine Le Pen program