From the Academy of Créteil to that of Paris? The president of the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Stéphane Troussel (PS), proposed to the Minister of National Education to change his academy department to strengthen social diversity at school, an idea that does not ” no consensus” at “this stage”, according to the ministry. Pap Ndiaye must soon announce measures to strengthen social and academic diversity at school, a subject which he assured that he wanted to make “a priority”. Seine-Saint-Denis, the poorest department in metropolitan France, is currently part of the Créteil Academy, along with the departments of Seine-et-Marne and Val-de-Marne.
During a meeting on March 10 with Pap Ndiaye, within the framework of consultations led by the Minister of National Education on social and school diversity, Stéphane Troussel proposed to him the “integration of decentralized services of the ‘National education of Seine-Saint-Denis in the academy of Paris,’ he said on Tuesday during a press briefing.
Ongoing discussions, but no consensus
For Stéphane Troussel, his proposal is “realistic and corresponds to an issue”. “Our subject is first of all to build an administrative organization which makes the establishments of Seine-Saint-Denis more attractive through the hours of teaching, the means of school life, the common map of training, courses, preparatory classes, the career development of teachers…”. “The current administrative organization is outdated and accompanies a profoundly unequal situation”, since Paris and Seine-Saint-Denis are facing “reverse demographic dynamics”, with school enrollments declining for the first and rising sharply for the second, he said.
Questioned by AFP, the Ministry of National Education indicated that Pap Ndiaye had received Stéphane Troussel with the aim of “creating a boost of attractiveness as well as a set of levers to quickly ensure more diversity in schools. Seine-Saint-Denis. “The Minister (Pap Ndiaye) has put many proposals on the table”, including the creation of a gender diversity observatory or measures to strengthen the attractiveness of the colleges of Seine-Saint-Denis, we continued. . “But at this stage the conditions are not yet met for the signing of an agreement,” the ministry was told. “The discussions will continue, because the objectives are the same”.
On the other hand, the proposal to integrate the national education services of Seine-Saint-Denis into the Paris academy “is a cumbersome and slow administrative process, which requires a consensus which does not exist at this stage. , and which cannot be a prerequisite for substantial and operational measures quickly,” the ministry added.