During confinement, 40,000 teachers dropped out

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Confinement requires, approximately 800,000 teachers had to give distance courses to their students. Some have completely disappeared from radars. To reward the most invested teachers, a bonus will be implemented.

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This Wednesday, June 10, Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer spoke at RTL's microphone about the work of teachers during confinement. First he wanted to pay homage "What the teachers did during confinement". He then focused on the teachers who gave up teaching during this period. "Of course, there are people who have not quite lived up to their duty. Each school head knows what to expect. The real problem is when there is nothing, no presence, no telework ”. “Someone who does not do their job is "punishable" https://www.aufeminin.com/ ", he explains.

"There have been real difficulties"

Indeed, according to a survey by France 2, whose figures have been confirmed by the Ministry of National Education, 4 to 5% of teachers in the public would not have worked during confinement, ie two months. A percentage that represents almost 40,000 dropout teachers.

"There have been real difficulties indeed, he confirms. There was from time to time, and this is what annoyed us the most, a form of bad faith (from some teachers) sometimes taking refuge behind an incapacity not to do ", explains Philippe Vincent, the general secretary of the national union of the personnel of direction of the National education (SNPDEN-UNSA).

A bonus and sanctions to come

To follow up on the teachers' commitment, a "Prime Covid" will be implemented. "France is one of the countries that has done the best in distance education", reminds the minister. This special bonus will be in the amount of “330, 660 or 1000 euros, especially for teachers who looked after, every day from Monday to Sunday, children of nursing staff, announces the Minister. There will be, at the scale of each territory, an assessment by the academy inspectorate of what happened. "

No teacher has yet been sanctioned by the Minister of Education.

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by Suruthi SRIKUMAR