Friday, Xavier Niel and the founders of school 42 had several things to celebrate. Ten years of their first campus, open to apprentice coders in Paris. And the development of a real network throughout the world with 50 establishments in 29 countries. A festive moment probably a little upset by the news coming from that of Nice. Opened in 2020, the Côte d’Azur branch, which has already trained more than 400 students, was placed in receivership on June 26, we learned from concordant sources, confirming information from France 3 French Riviera. Suspicions of irregularities in the management have been the subject of a “report” which is “currently under study” at the Nice prosecutor’s office, announced to 20 minutes the public prosecutor Xavier Bonhomme.
The establishment, now under the supervision of a judicial administrator, has in fact been in cessation of payments since June 13, specifies a publication in the Bodacc, the Official Bulletin of Civil and Commercial Announcements.
“Problem of governance” and “dysfunctions”
“We are encountering an exceptional case in Nice, a campus managed by an independent partner, and where a problem of governance and malfunctions have been identified”, confirmed the parent company in a reaction sent to France 3 Côte d’Azur. School 42 also specifies that the region has opened an audit.
The community of Paca as well as the Nice Côte d’Azur metropolis are among the funders of the Nice campus. They announced on Friday that they were freezing their aid because of “suspicions of serious alleged management irregularities”. And to specify that they “are fully mobilized, in close connection with the national school 42 network, to consider in a new form the continuity of a training activity recognized for its excellence and whose success is now proven. A decision on the future of the establishment could be taken as early as July 17, according to France 3 Côte d’Azur.