Renovation of establishments, new sports infrastructure, more hours of sport… During his trip to the south of France, the French president made several announcements on education, his new “reserved area”.
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The “Super Minister” of Education, Emmanuel Macron, is back on the field. The Head of State, who has made the field of national education his ” reserved area “, is omnipresent in this new school year, note Charlotte Urien Tomakafrom the political service of RFI.
After talking to young people on social networks this Monday in an interview with the youtubeur Hugo Décrypte, he attended their return to a college in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Accompanied by the Minister of National Education Gabriel Attal and the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castera, the Head of State spoke in particular about energy renovation. “ We are going to launch a series of initiatives for the renovation of school buildings. Our objective is to be able to renovate 40,000 – 44,000 schools, colleges and high schools, he said during a trip to Daniel Argote college in Orthez.
” We learn best by playing sports at school »
The afternoon was dedicated to announcements related to sports practices. On this point, the president wants more sport at school. If the 2 hours of sport in addition to college had been announced last spring, the president announced its generalization in more than 700 colleges of France.
He also promised an extension of 300 million euros to finance 5,000 new ” land » of games, a third of which in the priority neighborhoods of the city’s policy. ” We learn best by playing sports at school “, added the President of the Republic in the company of former high-level athletes whom he calls ” generation 2024 “.
After a start to the week devoted to sport and youth themes, the Head of State will continue his media offensive with a report from the National Council for Refoundation (CNR) this Thursday at the Élysée. A meeting boycotted by several unions such as the CGT, Force Ouvrière or Solidaires.
The latter have also expressed their dissatisfaction, but have been kept away from the presidential visit. About sixty trade unionists and left-wing activists demonstrated for “the defense of public schools”. Not guaranteed according to them by the choices of the executive. ” They talk to us about sport, SNU (Universal National Service), secularism, but it’s not about anything! We want to talk about wages, means and equality “Protested Dimitri Desurmon, of the CGT Educ’action.
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