« I’m ashamed of our education system », Launches a mother. ” We are abandoned “. Hand in hand, teachers and parents of students came to support the mobilization and the call to strike launched by an inter-union (CGT education, FNEC-FP-FO, FSU, SNALC, SNCL-FAEN, SUD education) for demand the enhancement of the role and the salary of accompanying persons of students with disabilities (AESH).
« I have been AESH for two and a half years and I can tell you that it is not easy, testifies Natacha of the school group Jean Mermoz de Sarcelles. There is no recognition, we are paid around 790 euros for 24 hours a week. I want because I have three children that I raise alone. But if an opportunity presents itself I will give up. And yet, it is fascinating to be able to help a child to go to school despite his disability.. »
These students have a wide variety of disabilities ranging from cognitive or mental disorders to developmental, motor or sensory disorders, or even a combination of impairments. Marie, 62, says she has been lucky enough to take care of the same 11-year-old child for three years, attending CM1 and who suffers from autism: ” Now we know each other well with the child and the family. You have to know how to manage because he is strong. »
She has been assuming this responsibility for almost five years. However, she claims to have started without training, almost at short notice, after having been a time secretary in the private sector, then assistant of school life (AVS). Today, to supplement her salary from AESH, she also works as a facilitator and does tutoring.
These already difficult working conditions seem to have deteriorated with the establishment of inclusive localized support poles (PIAL). Established in 2020, the new organization aims to match the support resources with the needs identified by the teaching and educational team. Perverse effect, the system induces the need for a greater flexibility of the AESH which can be brought to cover a larger geographical area, to follow more pupils and to adapt accordingly to the functioning of the different teaching teams.