Question 11928 — nursery and primary education

Summary

Mr. Hervé from Lépinau questions the Minister of National Education about the situation of school principals. Many school directors are now warning of a continued deterioration in their working conditions, illustrated in particular by the so-called “mule day” initiative, which aims to make visible the growing accumulation of missions entrusted without appropriate human resources or status. School principals are responsible for daily extensive responsibilities in terms of educational management, security, relations with families, local authorities and social services, management of municipal personnel (ATSEM), as well as monitoring of complex student situations, while maintaining, for the majority of them, a classroom teaching service. Unlike secondary school heads, school directors still do not have a recognized status commensurate with the responsibilities exercised. Discharge times, when they exist, appear largely insufficient given the reality of the tasks, particularly in nursery schools, where security and human management constraints are increased. This situation creates excessive mental load, worrying professional fatigue and, ultimately, a real risk for the continuity and quality of the public education service. Specific testimonies speak of management days fragmented by permanent emergencies, decisions to be made in the moment, multiple and unpredictable demands, often in parallel with class time, without the possibility of prioritizing or deferring tasks. This organization is based de facto on the personal commitment of directors, at the cost of investment in their personal time and health. In this context, he asks what measures the Government intends to take to fully recognize the status of school principal, like heads of secondary schools, adapt discharge times to the size of schools and the reality of the missions and finally take into account the specificities of nursery schools.

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