The far-right candidate for the presidential election exchanged with a dozen teachers committed to his cause in the village of Honnecourt-sur-Escaut, before a public meeting in Saint-Quentin (Aisne) in the evening, with several hundreds of people.
According to him, since 1968, the school has become one of "generalized mediocrity", because "it is better for students to be mediocre in order to be able to indoctrinate them".
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resumed his recurring attacks against "LGBT ideology" and the SOS Homophobia and SOS Racism associations, "lobbies that must be kicked out of school", in his eyes.
He said he was "very sad" for Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer who "gave the impression that he was Jules Ferry and ended up as Najat Vallaud-Belkacem", the former Minister of Education during François' five-year term. Holland.
Surrounded by the former N.2 of LR Guillaume Peltier and the ex RN Jean Messiha, Eric Zemmour rolled out his program.
He proposes to abolish allowances for parents of delinquents and "exceptional boarding schools" for the most violent students, accusing Emmanuel Macron of having "done nothing to restore order".
He also wants the wearing of the blouse in primary school, the restoration of the certificate of studies or the L, S and ES streams in high school.
The candidate repeats that he wants the end of English lessons in primary school in order to give priority to French and arithmetic.
Regarding disabled children, Eric Zemmour would prefer to welcome them in specialized establishments, rather than in classes with other children.
"The obsession with inclusion is bad manners for children and teachers," he said.
Those who succeed today, the "Singaporeans or Koreans", apply the "same methods" as Jules Ferry, he considers, claiming "by heart", "dictations" and "large texts".
In Saint-Quentin, Eric Zemmour called on his activists to read "a page from Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)" their children from "tonight".
"The blouse or the suppression of English in primary, it seems a bit anecdotal to me", reacted to AFP one of the teachers present.
This support from Nicolas Dupont-Aignan in 2017 is especially alarmed by the drop in grammar level and challenges the logic of "skills" at school, preferring "notes" and "merit".
Cantor of "the union of the rights", Mr. Zemmour also assumed to come to Hauts-de-France to compete with both his rival Marine Le Pen (RN), who regularly scores big there, and the right, while the region is chaired by Xavier Bertrand, who was mayor of Saint-Quentin.
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