The Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer assured Friday that there will be “the necessary pool” of mathematics teachers at the start of the next school year in high schools, reacting to concerns about a drop in eligible candidates for the entrance exams. teachers.
Only 816 eligible candidates
Teachers’ unions are concerned about this drop in National Education recruitment competitions, particularly in mathematics. According to the first results of the External Mathematics Capes, published this week, only 816 candidates are eligible, for 1,035 positions.
The situation is all the more worrying as the return of mathematics in the common core from the First class must be done from the next school year, which will therefore require more teachers.
“With regard to mathematics teachers, we have the pool necessary to ensure the hour and a half that would take place from the start of the next school year”, declared Jean-Michel Blanquer.
The German also affected by this drop in staff
The drop in candidates for the competitions mainly affects mathematics or German this year, the minister said. “But traditionally, in France or in other countries, it is in maths and sciences that we have the most difficulty” to recruit.
As for the competition for school teachers, the shortage of candidates is especially felt in the Paris region, said Jean-Michel Blanquer. “We see it for certain competitions, not only for National Education, we have a subject of vocation”, according to the minister. “It is fundamental work that we are doing to [en] arouse” and “it starts first with the attractiveness of the profession”, he added.