Ministry of Education to Embark on Nationwide Tour of France

On November 15, A. Portier told the media that he wanted to organize a consultation connecting” all those involved in management » (departments, national education, higher education, economic players, operators including OSISEP) and parents‘ associations.

The results of this regional round should be announced in February 2025.

Another suggestion on the subject?

Remember, between 2020 and 2024, 5 reports dealing with management made at the initiative of either the Auditor General, the Court of Auditors, or parliamentarians. We can emphasize that, despite recommendations that we do not often share, everyone, including the Court of Auditors, point out that there are not enough PsyENs. Without consultation with the organizations that represent PsyENs, the question here would be to repeat what others have already documented… but in what direction?

The study carried out by the company Olecio for Régions de France.

Régions de France commissioned a study from the company Olecio on the results of the Regional Public Guidance Service since 2014, the content has been presented at time 3^ths interregional days on orientation, October 16, 2024 in Marseille. It was not a problem for anyone, it seems, that Olecio did this study, even though this group offers an online service platform for guidance! Obviously, the idea of ​​a conflict of interest has disappearedsince the authors of the study speak clearly on behalf of the departments.

• So we are not surprised by the pro domo claim and the many biases in this study!

At first, the cited statutory texts are interpreted incorrectlyaffecting the territories ” a direct role in management » and the “responsible for all information “. Of course, willful ignorance of the differences between school guidance and adult guidance still existsand the famous quote about ” the proliferation of actors “. The departments, although responsible for professional guidance and staff management, are quicker to “give advice” to captive public schools than to offer appropriate and integrated training to job seekers and workers -work.

• They are still self-satisfied

All regional achievementss – guides, lounges, guide buses, virtual headsets and other devices, and online advice provided by organizations – presented as a successpopular among users. Reading the report made Hendrik Davi and Thomas Cazenave[1] clearly not so optimistic: “… students and their parents are critical of the operation of some departments and for them, the results of the 2018 reform are generally negative. If this went well in some cases, in others, the situation is described as extraordinary with sometimes such poor search engines that students and their families do not use regional platforms. For parents’ associations, it is therefore essential that the resources allocated to OSISEP are preserved because it is a valuable tool that remains a key source of information. » (p. 53). “Like the parents of the students, the national leaders of the associations of school leaders interviewed by the rapporteurs are very confident about the quality of the documents provided by the departments. » (p. 54). Although the authors of the Olecio study boast that they read over 100 publications on the subject, these findings must have escaped their attention!

The districts regret that they do not have the means to coordinate the actions of actors in their area in a coordinated manner in terms of direction. Likewise, they It is a pity that we did not receive enough financial resources to complete all their missions.

OSISEP is particularly under fire from criticism and accused of continuing to engage in informing the school public and about the content of orientation series. The departments claim to be involved in program writing and guidance within EPLEs.and ask to be named as operators only.

• Decentralization is back!

The study ends with a presentation of situations (pp. 81-82) that could, in a new level of delegation, receive approval from the new minister.

Story 1 : It would consist of “… an effort to clarify the State, through dialogue with its partners and formalized within an extended national frame of reference, for activities with its services that are effectively compatible and respect missions of the departments, without a major review of the areas of competence of the various departments. the actors moved directed “. Régions de France claims all information functions in EPLEs! But this situation, for the departments, does not seem to go far enough in transferring guidance skills.

View 2 : “joint control of competence between departments and academic authorities as part of the systematic establishment of mixed departmental structures. “. It would involve placing under the management of agencies with mixed State/territorial management of resources and personnel, while at the same time introducing in law the recognition of full potential across the regional periphery. , awarded to the categories led for life. The academic authorities preferred this position.

Scenario 3: « full authority on guidance policies for young and active people in charge of the departments, with responsibility for the interpretation and implementation of these policies on his territory. In this situation, the department would define the regional orientation policy for the school population, structure the offer of information and support to all audiences and coordinate human and technical resources (reception centers, web tools, etc.) ) on the regional margin, with the objective. to guarantee the best use of the resources transferred and transparency to the public.

This goes hand in hand with the demand for the transfer of financial resources from the State to the departments, the transfer of CIO leaders, and OINSEP regional teams, or even of all the PsyEN EDOs as some want departments. In the context of the replacement of CREFOPs by regional employment committees (CRE) and the possible exclusion of the FSU and the UNSA as interested parties, these political aspects would be discussed without us!

The way the meetings are organized makes us fear the attitude of the departments and the economic circles. The minister wants a review of our guidance policy. This cannot be done without taking into account the expertise of PsyENs and DCIOs and the voice of representative trade unions.

During the visit of the new minister to France, it is important, at the initiative of the SNES-FSU, to mobilize the PsyENs, the DCIOs and the teachers so that they reject this new attempt at decentralization and their requests regarding missions in the School. , occupations, wages and working conditions.

[1] Parliamentary report on the implementation of the decisions of the information report (number 3232) on 07/22/20 onwards assessment of access to higher educationT. Cazenave & H. Davi, June 20, 2023