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Édouard Philippe wants to increase teachers' salaries by 20% and penalize parents

Édouard Philippe wants to increase teachers' salaries by 20% and penalize parents
Édouard Philippe wants to increase teachers' salaries by 20% and penalize parents

Édouard Philippe outlined two measures for the national education system in an interview with Le Figaro on Sunday. The former Prime Minister proposed a 20% increase in teachers' salaries, a raise intended to make the profession more attractive. This proposal comes as the teaching profession faces recruitment difficulties.

A fine against parents of difficult students

The president of Horizons also wants to introduce a financial penalty for parents of disruptive students. This sanction would serve as a tool to hold families accountable for their children's problematic behavior in the classroom. The specific details of this measure were not discussed in the interview.

These two proposals mark an intervention by the mayor of Le Havre on a sensitive issue just months before the start of the school year. The question of teachers' salaries has remained a major point of contention between teachers' unions and the government for several years.

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