Question 9554 — mountain

Summary

The 2018 school year was marked by undeniable budgetary support for primary education. While the demographic drop was 34,943 fewer primary school students, at the same time, 3,881 school teacher jobs were created. If the population reduction had been strictly applied, 1,438 positions would have been eliminated. This budgetary effort translates concretely into a better supervision rate on the entire territory in the first degree. The “number of teachers per 100 students” ratio is 5.56 at the start of the 2018 school year compared to 5.46 at the start of the 2017 school year. For the record, it was 5.20 at the start of the 2012 school year. In each department, there are more teachers per student at the start of the 2018 school year in primary education, which facilitates the implementation of the priorities of the Ministry of National Education and Youth. At the start of the 2019 school year, 2,325 new teaching resources will be created in primary education with a demographic forecast once again down by 33,612 students. The national education academic services are made aware of the situation of rural and mountain schools and are careful to avoid school closures, in accordance with the commitment made by the President of the Republic during the national conference of the territories. However, closures of classes remain possible within the framework of the school map, when the number of students is no longer sufficient. The planned closures must be based on objective elements shared with elected officials, such as for example: the constitution of an intercommunal educational group, the implementation of a territorial project in progress, the inability to maintain minimum teaching conditions for students. These particular situations are examined on a case-by-case basis in the various local consultation bodies. The Montpellier academy pays particularly close attention to rural and mountain areas, particularly during adjustments to the school map, in order to maintain a sufficiently local school network. At the start of the 2017 school year, nearly 42% of the academy's municipalities were located in mountain zones, compared to 25% in the Gard department alone and 100% in Lozère. In order to strengthen the attractiveness of these territories in terms of human resources, the departmental national education services of Gard grant a bonus to teachers who have permanently occupied for at least 3 years and up to 5 years of continuous service an unattractive position due to geographical isolation or the working conditions there. related. Furthermore, the number of positions per hundred students (P/E) in the department improved significantly between 2009 and 2018, increasing from 5.13 to 5.45. The Ministry of National Education and Youth proposed to elected officials from rural or mountain departments to initiate a multi-year contractual process for qualitative improvements in the local educational offer in these territories, which resulted in the signing of rurality conventions in 47 departments. 310 jobs, since the start of the 2015 school year, have been specifically dedicated to supporting these partnership initiatives. Beyond the question of means, the qualitative aspect of educational projects is reinforced in isolated territories, with new avenues of reflection for schools (for example: the integration of the school and the rural college of the same municipality in the same real estate complex for promote the quality of students' paths in kindergarten to 3rd grade and educational innovation, the development of experimental CM2-6th grade classes, the revitalization of certain boarding schools, in support of attractive and supported establishment projects, etc.). Finally, the Ministry of National Education and Youth and the national association of mountain elected officials maintain a constructive dialogue on specific issues at school in mountain communities, both in terms of resources and educational issues.

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