In a context of national tribute to Professor Samuel Paty, assassinated on Friday, the Grenelle de l'Education opens this Thursday until February.

The objective: to increase salaries but also to study changes in the teaching profession and the difficulties sometimes faced by parents of pupils. 

The day after the national tribute to Samuel Paty, professor assassinated for having given a course on free expression, arises the question of the exercise of the teaching profession on a daily basis.

The Grenelle de l'Education, planned well before the Conflans-Sainte-Honorine attack, opens this Thursday and should continue until mid-February.

For the Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, out of the question to postpone this meeting, because it is "more than ever necessary to carry a common project".

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An expected revaluation 

The primary objective of this Grenelle is the long-awaited increase in teachers' salaries.

Jean-Michel Blanquer has a budget of 400 million euros for 2021. It should be used in particular to finance an attractiveness bonus of 100 euros net, reserved for teachers at the beginning and mid-career.

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But the problem is the rest.

At the time of negotiations on the retirement bill, set aside due to the Covid-19 epidemic, there was talk of a ten-year programming law.

Snes, the National Union of Secondary Education, hopes to open discussions as soon as possible.

Opening up to civil society?

Apart from the issue of upgrading, Jean-Michel Blanquer wishes to reflect on developments in the teaching profession and should probably insist on the necessary solidarity with teachers.

The latter sometimes feel very lonely, explains the Ministry of National Education, especially in the face of protests from parents.

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The minister also wants to open the Grenelle to civil society and parents of students.

With behind, say the unions, the idea of ​​raising awareness to mobilize more resources.