Question 18084 — nursery and primary education

Summary

Ms. Annick Cousin questions the Minister of National Education and Youth about the elimination of classes in rural areas. Indeed, while classes benefit from duplication in the suburbs, their elimination is done in an indiscriminate manner in rural areas, thus depriving the children who live there of a quality education in a conducive environment. The National Rally has long attracted attention on the abandonment of villages and rural areas by public authorities. If the closure or opening of a school is subject to the opinion of the mayor, the opening and closing of a class fall under the sole jurisdiction of the academic director of national education services. The observed class closures are the response of the Ministry of National Education to the decline in school demographics. Therefore, when returning to school 2023 in the Lot-et-Garonne department, more than 15 classes were closed in many establishments in the department. It is even announced that certain schools will have to close at the start of the 2024 school year, such as in the municipalities of Nérac or Jusix in Lot-et-Garonne. This is particularly due to the drop in enrollment and the cost of schooling in municipal budgets. Even though the Government had announced budget cuts of nearly 700 million euros within national education in 2024, municipalities find themselves helpless in the face of the amount required to operate a school and the little aid given by the State in rural sectors. Faced with the problems of precariousness and demographics in schools located in rural areas, which directly lead to educational inequalities and quality education for the children who reside there, she asks him what concrete and lasting response we can give them.

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