Paris education authority plans to cut 203 teacher posts in public schools and 70 in contracted private schools for next year due to demographic decline. Unions are calling for a strike on Tuesday to defend public education. Contracted Catholic private schools are notably affected.
The Paris education authority has announced the elimination of 203 teacher positions in public schools and 70 in contracted private schools for the upcoming school year. This decision stems from demographic decline primarily impacting the public sector.
Teachers' unions have responded by calling for a strike on Tuesday to "defend public schools." They criticize these class closures for reducing educational offerings in Paris.
Jean-François Canteneur, diocesan director, questions the effects on contracted Catholic private schools, which will lose 70 posts. "Are we deliberately creating a shortage in Parisian private schools? If so, we shouldn't later regret seeing them attract privileged families and accuse them of elitism," he stated. He had hoped the demographic drop would ease waiting lists and diversify the student body in private institutions.
