Special mention on Parcoursup, loss of points in exams, Gabriel Attal wishes to put in place new sanctions for disruptive students at the next school year.
Gabriel Attal spoke this Thursday in Viry-Châtillon, where the young Shemseddine was beaten to death on April 4, to present an action plan on “authority everywhere and for everyone”. During this speech, he notably mentioned the increasingly present violence among minors, which is sometimes very visible at school. He then showed himself in favor of school sanctions for students who “disrupt classes most seriously”. The Prime Minister wants these young people to be sanctioned “on their certificate, their CAP or their BAC and that a note be placed on their Parcoursup file when they have seriously disrupted the life of the establishment”. The government mentions in particular possible withdrawals of points from the marks obtained in the exams.
The mention in the Parcoursup file could be removed in exchange for carrying out “activities of general interest” and if the student in question “keeps his act together”. The same goes for recovering points. The contours of this measure must still be defined. The Prime Minister thus insisted: “when we disrupt classes, when we challenge authority, when we degrade, when we threaten, or even when we attack, this must never remain without consequences.”
Measures from primary school
Gabriel Attal explained that he was aiming for a school of “civility, common rules, respect for the rules, rights and duties and the responsibility of all”. To do this, he wants to act from the primary level where violence is already present. The number of serious first-degree accidents has, in fact, increased by more than 50% over the last two years, according to the Prime Minister. A decree had already approved last August the authorization of exclusions of students from the first level. From the next school year, educational commissions will be set up at this level with “adapted sanctions”.
Gabriel Attal also declared that he was counting on the educational team: “I have complete confidence in the school heads, their teams, the teachers to make proposals, to innovate, to launch new ideas, to empower students, to instill this culture of civic-mindedness at school.”
For middle school students, the Prime Minister affirmed that they will all be “in school every day of the week, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.” because “during the day, the place is at school, working and learning”.