The new Minister of National Education is trying to defuse the controversy once and for all. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra asked the Prime Minister to be able to “disengage from acts relating to” the “Stanislas College”, a private Parisian establishment where her children are educated but accused of “abnormalities” in an official report.
The head of government Gabriel Attal accepted this request, the minister’s entourage clarified this Thursday, January 18 confirming information from BFMTV. This decision “comes following a recommendation made by the High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life (HATVP)”, specifies a close source.
Action plan”
The National Education report published Tuesday by Mediapart notes in particular “abnormalities in the application of the association contract” of the establishment with the State, such as for example the obligation to follow catechism courses, which is against the law. “Drifts” also in the content of these courses, according to the report, which underlines that “certain catechists express personal convictions which go beyond the positions of the Catholic Church, for example on abortion” or “likely to be classified criminally on homosexuality.
The very elitist Stanislas private school in Paris will be the subject of an “action plan” followed with “rigor”, the Minister of Education promised on Wednesday, but left-wing elected officials and the Paris town hall want to maintain the pressure.