The National Education forget the philosophy and history and geography in the … – Le Figaro

The Department published in the Official Journal Sunday the new schedules for high school next fall. Only downside: adding civic education, two materials are fallen by the wayside

The Department of Education has released Sunday newspaper. Official (OJ) the new hours of high school, to incorporate the newly created moral and civic education. Problem: philosophy and history and geography have disappeared from the schedule of certain series. “These are errors that will be corrected, there will be a new order as quickly as possible,” acknowledged the ministry, told AFP after a wave of mocking comments on social networks.

Although not yet able to explain the cause of these errors, the rue de Grenelle assured later that the text sent by the Ministry to the OJ “not one that was finally published.” The error has certainly not escaped the watchful observers “Grosse fatigue in the Ministry which publishes school schedules forgetting history and geography and philosophy … No to Sunday work,” and joked on Twitter the SNES -FSU first union high school. “Where are the philo terminal L, history and geography in 1st S”, also questionedPetit_Prof.

In the decree of the Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, it lacks in 2:30 Indeed history and geography first S and philosophy terminal L (8 hours) and ES (4 hours), said his entourage. The decree of June 12 published on Sunday aims originally set to music the new moral and civic education that will take effect in the coming year in school and in high school.

Several unions had requested early June the one-year deferral of this “secular morality” desired by the former Minister Vincent Peillon in its law for the rebuilding of the school from the beginning of the quinquennium. But Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, who in fact one of the steps of the “citizen journey” announced after the attacks in January to transmit the values ​​of the republic children, preferred to start it next September. This teaching should enable students to understand the validity of rules governing individual and collective behavior (principle of discipline), to recognize the pluralism of opinions, beliefs and lifestyles (principle of coexistence of freedoms), and to build the social and political bond (principle of community of citizens).

AFP