Louise Sallé / Photo credit: QUENTIN BONADE-VERNAULT / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP 3:01 p.m., February 29, 2024

According to a survey carried out among professionals in the sector, the teachers' pact, a system of overtime in exchange for better remuneration, does not convince teachers.

Those who accepted the device say they feel more fatigue.

This is a subject that was widely discussed at the start of the school year.

But according to a survey carried out among professionals in the sector, this teaching pact, a system of overtime in exchange for better remuneration, does not motivate teachers. 

If the Ministry of Education has never communicated in detail on the rate of adherence to this pact, a survey led by the SE-Unsa union reveals that 63% of teachers rejected the system.

However, this is not a representative survey since only staff motivated to respond came forward.

However, the distrust towards the teaching pact seems quite clear.

"We already work a lot. What we need is for our salaries to increase so that we can live better. And so, faced with this observation, we have a completely inappropriate response from the government and the Ministry of Health. "National Education", regrets Gilles Langlois, national secretary of SE-Unsa. 

More tired staff

This survey does not allow us to know the additional missions entrusted to the teachers concerned.

It is therefore impossible to know whether many teachers have agreed to replace their absent colleagues.

A mission which would not have been the most successful, according to the union, unlike that which would consist of paying for projects carried out with students.

“Colleagues who were doing projects that were not paid were able to see, through the implementation of the pact, remuneration for what, before, was never paid,” indicates Gilles Langlois. 

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Staff who accepted the pact nevertheless say they feel more tired.

They are also less available to interact with teams and parents.

The SE-Unsa

now expects from the government a reliable and quantified assessment of this divisive measure and which cost the State nearly a billion euros.