Lhe Minister of National Education, Pap Ndiaye, announced on Friday the creation of an exceptional competition for the tenure of contract teachers, in the spring of 2023, in the face of the major teacher recruitment crisis. “An organization as vast as National Education needs a handful of contract teachers. We are going to open in the spring of 2023 an exceptional competition for the tenure of a certain number of these teachers. [contractuels]according to terms that will soon be specified, ”announced Pap Ndiaye, during the back-to-school conference.
National Education is dealing with the teacher recruitment crisis by calling on contract teachers. “This was done in the loyalty of contract teachers from last year, the extension of their contract until August 31” and their renewal at the start of the school year, added the Minister of National Education. Previously, most saw their contract interrupted during the summer. “The vast majority of our contract teachers were already teaching last year, or even previous years. We can estimate that 80, 90% of contract teachers already have teaching experience,” assured Pap Ndiaye.
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“Increased support for families in difficulty”
National Education is using some 3,000 contract workers this year, out of approximately 870,000 teachers. Another pool to make up for the lack of teachers, the additional lists of teacher competitions, those who took the competition in the spring of 2022 and were not received. The ministry “identifies the needs following the defections and resignations of the laureates received [au printemps 2022] on the main lists,” says Pap Ndiaye. To replace these resigners, the rue de Grenelle draws from these additional lists. This is, to date, 260 people.
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Pap Ndiaye is, moreover, back on inflation, which nibbles the purchasing power of families. “The ministry is committed to increased support for families in difficulty so that students can follow their education in good conditions”, in particular via the possible 50% increase in social funds from this start of the school year. Social funds enable schools to provide rapid assistance to pupils whose families are experiencing difficulties.