Adoption of Education budget, the first of the state, against a background of concern

PARIS (AFP) - The Assembly adopted Tuesday credits of the mission school in 2009, the first item of expenditure from the state budget with 60 billion euros, thanks to the votes of the majority UMP face the Opposition regrets that the elimination of 13,500 positions.

"The national education budget continues to grow by 2.06% to a total of 59.9 billion euros," said Education Minister Xavier Darcos, before a House very sparse.

During the budget review, several hundred teachers in school failure (so-called "Rased") demonstrated outside the National Assembly.

In the Chamber desert, a handful of opposition MPs have relayed their protests by repeatedly posing the question of "suppression" of 3,000 posts in these specialized networks aid to students in difficulty ( "Rased").

"No, we do not delete any post of specialist teachers. For some of them -3000 on just over 11,000 we réaffectons in classes where we need them," replied each time the minister , Calling for "an experiment" a year.

Mr. Darcos also mentioned the reform of secondary schools (teaching semesters ...) who "has no budgetary consequences on the Finance Bill 2009": "if we do not renew 2000 teaching posts in secondary Back in 2009, because there will be 22,000 fewer students in classes of second degree. "

Figures to support the minister assured that classes were not overcrowded on average more that a few years ago: "You can not say that the offer educational decreases. It is simply not true", at it launched at the opposition.

"To believe that the success of the education system based simply without any change, on an accumulation of devices and posts is lying," he says.

Referring to the "malaise" of teachers, the minister said: "The education system is not for teachers, it is for the students that you show last year and worse", had launched the PS member Sandrine Mazetier, who had participated in the demonstration of support for public education in Paris in mid-October. "The budget for school education in 2009 is a true copy of that and for the family."