National Education in Aisne: schools will have more teachers

By Jean-Michel Rochet
Published on 20 Feb 21 at 7:22

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Last Tuesday the Departmental Council of National Education was held under the chairmanship of Ziad Khoury, prefect of Aisne, of Frédéric Vallier, departmental advisor, andHervé Sebille, academic director national education services.

Fewer students per class than the national average

At the end of it, we learn that the desire to “give priority to the first degree” is still relevant. Thus, if “The forecast of numbers in public schools in the department of Aisne is 46,754, or 1,184 fewer students than at the start of the 2020 school year”, it is announced that Aisne will be “endowed with 6 additional posts (43 over four years). This increase in jobs, parallel to the demographic decline, will lead to an increase in the overall supervision rate which will reach 6.32 teaching positions per 100 students (as a reminder, last year, this rate was 6.16 for the department against 5.98 at the academic level and 5.74 at the national level). In other words, the average number of pupils per class in the Aisne is 20.95 against 22.20 on the national average. “

No rural school closures

The joint communiqué of the prefect and the director of the departmental services of National Education further affirms that “in accordance with the will of the government in these exceptional circumstances in the country, no school closure will be pronounced in the communes of the rural areas of less than 5,000 inhabitants without the agreement of the community which has the school authority. “

Five ULIS for the start of the school year

In secondary education, where a slight drop in enrollment is expected for the start of the 2021 school year, a drop in the number of teachers is expected. There could be eight less at the departmental level. On the other hand, the priority given to students with disabilities is confirmed and “the opening of five localized units for inclusive education (ULIS) will be done at the start of the 2021 school year, four in colleges and one in vocational high school. “

National priorities will naturally be respected and the department of Aisne “consolidates the classes of 53 bi-languages, 27 of European languages ​​and cultures, 54 of languages ​​and cultures of antiquity and 54 choirs. “

Also maintenance of the “homework done” system intended to fight against inequalities and promote student autonomy. Each student will thus have access to two hours per week.

Jean-Michel ROCHET

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