Articles from France
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Standards and working conditions 2011-12-15 International Day on Solidarity-Based Social Protection
On 14 December, France’s Mutuelle Générale de l’Education Nationale (MGEN), a joint founder organisation of the Education and Solidarity Network along with EI, organised a European and international day on the theme of ‘Social Protection: Citizens’ Rights and Duties’.
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Standards and working conditions 2011-12-15 France: Education unions speak out against teacher assessment plan
A common union front in education, to which most EI French affiliates joined, has called for a strike on 15 December. Educators protest against a governmental plan aiming at having teachers’ evaluation and career advancement decided solely by school leaders.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2011-10-17 France: Unions oppose government plan to test pupils from pre-school
EI's French affiliates, SE-UNSA and SNUIPP, have condemned a government plan to ask teachers to test children as young as five on their behaviour and learning abilities.
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Standards and working conditions 2011-09-27 France: Public and private school teachers take joint action
Teachers’ unions in France, representing both the public and private sector workers, have jointly called a strike on 27 September to denounce the deterioration of the country’s school system and demand ‘zero job cuts in 2012’.
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Equity and inclusion 2011-09-01 France: teacher union defends mention of gender theory in textbooks
UNSA-Education, a French EI affiliate, has denounced a call to censure secondary-level textbooks mentioning gender theory, explaining the relationships between sexuality, gender roles and cultural backgrounds.
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Standards and working conditions 2011-07-15 France: Teachers deplore impact of government policy on the profession
EI’s French affiliate, le Syndicat national des enseignements de second degré (SNES), has denounced its government’s failure to fill hundreds of teacher vacancies which have been subject to a new national exam.
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Union growth 2011-03-31 France: Teachers reaffirm their commitment to solidarity and social justice
French teacher unions have issued a joint statement following on the recent district elections in France, which have seen a growth in support for the far right party, the National Front, asserting that “educators oppose the policies of the extreme right.“
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Standards and working conditions 2011-02-11 France: Quality education threatened by planned interdisciplinary teaching
Responding to the Science Plan proposed by Luc Chatel, Minister for Education, French EI affiliates have emphasised the need for good initial teacher training.
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Standards and working conditions 2011-02-11 France: Inter-disciplinary teaching threat to quality education
EI’s French affiliates have called into question proposals from the Minister for Education, Luc Chatel, who’s ‘Science Plan’ threatens the emphasis on good initial teacher training.
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Standards and working conditions 2010-10-28 France: teachers and students unite for quality public education
The French Republic is currently experiencing a huge social movement. The outcry against the pension reforms, imposed by Nicolas Sarkozy’s government, has brought the French masses out into the streets.
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Standards and working conditions 2010-09-23 France: Teachers to continue fighting pension reforms
Following the success of 7 September’s general strike, trade unions in France have called for another coordinated national strike across all sectors in opposition to the pension reform proposals being rushed through Parliament by President Sarkozy’s administration.
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Leading the profession 2010-07-16 Jobs, Migration and Education
Education was a significant talking point during the BBC World Debate broadcast last week from the OECD in Paris.
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Union growth 2009-03-23 Island-mainland: Long distance solidarity among teachers
The gate to the school yard is covered with ugly graffiti, but the murals in the courtyard depict lovely flowers, colourful tropical scenes, and a map of the island of Martinique, an overseas department of France in the eastern Caribbean. We are at the secondary school of Le Vauclin, where...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2009-02-10 France: EI shows support for strike by Higher Education and Research personnel
EI has issued a statement of support for its member organisations in France representing higher education and research personnel, who are on a full-day strike today to protest the lack of consultation, mass dismissals and budgetary cuts the current government has inflicted on the sector.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 2009-01-19 France: Public education under threat
The recent book, "Main basse sur l’éducation publique", by teacher Eddy Khali and journalist Muriel Fitoussi, sends a disturbing message about the many threats endangering quality, free public education in France.
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Standards and working conditions 2008-09-04 France: 13,500 more teaching jobs cut
The French Minister of Education, Xavier Darcos, announced in July an additional 13,500 job cuts in 2009. These cuts come on top of 11,200 jobs already cut in the 2008 school year.
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Standards and working conditions 2008-03-28 France: Teachers resist Sarkozy’s job cuts
French education unions are mobilizing against the government’s plan to cut 11,200 teaching jobs at the beginning of the next school year. Since early last week, secondary teachers have been on strike at various schools throughout the country.
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Standards and working conditions 2008-03-13 France: Teachers worried about Sarkozy reforms
“The education public service deserves an ambitious policy. Unfortunately, the service is coming under pressure today due to job cuts.”
France: Teachers worried about Sarkozy reforms