The Paris mayor's office announced the Immediate suspension of two educators after the broadcast of a report from the program Cash Investigation on France 2. The images filmed with a hidden camera revealed behaviors deemed unacceptable towards children in extracurricular facilities, arousing strong emotion among parents and city officials.
Shocking gestures and words
The report shows female presenters shouting at children, using phrases such as: "Silence! Silence!", "You have lost the right to speak." ou "Put your chair away before I get angry."Some scenes are even more disturbing, such as a presenter kissing a child on the mouth while humming: "I'm crazy about him"These behaviors provoked immediate outrage from families and the entire educational community.
An administrative and judicial investigation is underway.
The City of Paris has confirmed the opening of an administrative inquiry to fully investigate these events. In parallel, several reports have been forwarded to the judicial authorities in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The Minister of National Education, Édouard Geffray, announced that he is also initiating control and sanction procedures for measures falling within his authority.
The parents' reactions were swift: "There's a real uproar at the school, the parents are outraged.""This is unacceptable," testifies a representative of the SOS After-School collective. The candidates for mayor of Paris, Rachida Dati and Emmanuel Grégoire, also denounced these events, calling them "completely unacceptable" and"A threat to the safety and well-being of children".
