Question 17532 — overseas

Summary

Mr. Philippe Gomès draws the attention of the Minister of National Education and Youth to the reclassification of secondary school teaching staff in the civil service of New Caledonia following a national competitive examination. He notes in fact that in a letter addressed to a secondary school teacher in the civil service of New Caledonia, winner of the internal aggregation competition (letter DGRH B2-3 no. 2018-0544), the Minister indicates that his reclassification cannot be based on articles 8 to 10 of decree no. 51-1423 of December 5, 1951, applicable to teachers reporting to the Ministry of National Education, but on article 11-2 of the same decree, relating to civil servants reporting to a public service of local authorities (therefore not teachers). He notes that before September 1, 2015, as indicated in a letter sent by the unions representing New Caledonian teaching staff (UT CFE-CGC and SNES-NC) to Mr. Vice-Rector, the Ministry of National Education proceeded with the systematic reclassification of all teachers in the public service of New Caledonia by considering them as reporting to its ministry. He therefore deplores that since 2015, local winners of national teaching competitions “suffer” a practice of random reclassification on the part of the Ministry of National Education. He observes that this practice leads to a disparity in treatment since in the case of an internal reclassification within national education, the seniority of the teaching services of the agents is taken back, while in the context of a reclassification in the territorial civil service, the reclassification is done by index equivalence impacting both the remuneration and career advancement of staff. Also, he questions the meaning to be given to these new practices: would the seniority acquired by a New Caledonian teacher have less value than that acquired by a teacher in mainland France? He is also surprised that the Ministry of National Education no longer considers secondary school teachers in the Caledonian civil service as reporting to the Ministry of Education. national, but as falling under the territorial civil service, even though on the one hand these teachers are winners of “national” competitions, and on the other hand New Caledonia is in no way a “territorial community”. Finally, he recalls that on the territory of the Republic, in France as in New Caledonia, the education system is based on major constitutionally recognized principles, according to which “the organization of free and secular public education at all levels is a duty of the State”. He therefore asks him to please correct this new reading.

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