Question 1128 — teaching

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Mr. Joël Giraud draws the attention of the Minister of National Education to the place of regional languages ​​in public education. The question of the languages ​​of France is part of the broader debate revolving around the definition of national culture because this debate is linked to the status which they currently have in the education system. This status has been placed under the sign of paradox for many years now. On the one hand, all governments have regularly expressed their interest and consideration for languages ​​which the Constitution now makes an element of the “national heritage” (article 75-1) but on the other hand no precise regulatory framework establishes their teaching. For example, the teaching of Occitan-langue d'oc is thus confronted with a certain number of difficulties, reinforced, compared to other languages, by the dimensions of the linguistic area concerned (around thirty departments, across several academies): disproportion between needs and the number of positions allocated each year in the secondary school teacher recruitment competition (CAPES d'occitan-langue d'oc); difficulty in ensuring, locally, the continuity of language teaching between primary, secondary and higher education, and in certain academies, the absence of any system of teacher training; disparity of situations from one academy to another. Article 2 of the Constitution amended in June 1992 states that “the language of the Republic is French”, which no one questions. The proposal to specify “with respect for regional languages” was rejected during the debate on this modification. Thus, article 2 in its current formulation is regularly brandished against any progress in favor of the languages ​​of France by those who confuse common language and single language, in contradiction moreover with article 75-1. It would therefore be appropriate to reopen the debate. While waiting for this constitutional debate to be conducted, it is necessary to put in place a real national policy, coherent and dynamic, with specific resources allocated to the teaching of regional languages ​​in the schools of the Republic as well as as real information for families on the cognitive and civic interest of learning these languages. Also, he asks him to please let him know his intentions in terms of taking into account regional languages ​​in the public national education service.

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