The rector of Paris slams the door and presents his resignation to Amélie Oudéa-Castéra

New uproar at National Education. The rector of Paris, Christophe Kerrero has just presented his resignation to Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra who “taken note” and accepted it. In question, the closure planned by the rector of four Parisian preparatory classes. By announcing at the beginning of the week to the unions, during a higher education council, that she did not validate this closure, the Minister of Education simply disavowed the rector of Paris. “The Paris rectorate had considered three class closures to finance (social diversity) initiatives. The minister accepts her choice to launch a moratorium on these closures, and thus to support even more strongly the social project of the rectorate and the existing offer”explains his entourage this Friday.

“In his resignation letter, Kerrero insists on the fact that he did not come from the best schools”

The rector’s plan included closing four “small” prep classes to open others for the benefit of professional high school students. A project that he presented as profoundly “social” precisely. It sparked an outcry from unions and associations of preparatory class teachers. “The minister has chosen to caress the unions in the right direction”, estimates a close friend of the rector of Paris. “The rector drew the necessary conclusions. He places himself in reserve for the Republic. Waiting for the next reshuffle. The Minister perhaps wishes to place one of her relatives… In his letter of resignation, Kerrero insists on the fact that he did not leave the elite schools”we whisper.

Will the policy of diversity and social openness led by Christophe Kerrero in Paris, with the recent reform of Affelnet (the middle school to high school assignment system) be continued? “All measures to support students in terms of promotion and social diversity taken by the rector of Paris are supported and financed. They will all be achieved”specifies the entourage of Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.