Tribute to Samuel Paty in schools: details from Jean-Michel Blanquer

Jean-Michel Blanquer ensures in the

that there will be a "clear framing" to respond to the concerns of teachers about the start of the school year on November 2 and the speech to be given to students on the savage assassination of their colleague Samuel Paty.

"A teaching time" in primary

"The trade unions (...) asked me for a clear and precise framework so as not to leave any teacher in the dark. This framework, we will build it together for the day of the start of the school year, but also in the long term, in the sense of strengthening the values ​​of the Republic ", assures the Minister of Education in an interview with the

.

According to Jean-Michel Blanquer, the day of November 2 in secondary will be broken down into "three times".

A first phase will allow teachers to prepare, "which will slightly shift the start of the school year for students";

a second phase, with the pupils, will be dedicated to the reaffirmation of the "principles of the school and of the Republic";

and a third stage will bring together, in the courtyard, students, teachers and "school partners" for a minute of silence and the reading of the "Letter to teachers" by Jean Jaurès.

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At primary school, there will also be "an educational time", the terms of which must be discussed with the unions, and a minute of silence in elementary school, added Jean-Michel Blanquer, referring to a simple "quiet time " In kindergarten.

The minister also assured that "all the problems linked to secularism and violence" were to be reported in the future and expressed the wish that the death of Samuel Paty would allow "a collective awareness".

A report delivered early next week

"The problem also sometimes comes from families. We must therefore find this iron rule: parents do not get involved in pedagogy. And any aggressiveness of a parent must be followed by a reaction from the institution", added Jean-Michel Blanquer.

The minister also defended the institution's response in the case of Samuel Paty, whose course on freedom of expression on October 5 and 6 created a stir among some parents.

The report of the General Inspectorate of National Education on "the chain of events" will be made "early next week" and added to the investigation file, said the minister.