The ax has fallen: 3,256 teaching positions will be eliminated at the start of the next school year in France. In Bouches-du-Rhône, discontent is growing over what the unions describe as a “political choice” to the detriment of students. Charlotte Bourgougnon, departmental co-secretary of FSU-SNUipp 13, sounds the alarm at the Maritima microphone.
A high-tension return to school is looming for the department’s primary and nursery schools. If the government justifies these cuts by the demographic decline, the teachers’ representatives denounce an unprecedented deterioration in learning conditions.
20 positions eliminated in Bouches-du-Rhône
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At the Aix-Marseille academy level, 36 primary level positions will disappear, including 20 only for the Bouches-du-Rhône department. Nonsense for Charlotte Bourgougnon: “There could have been an opportunity to improve teaching conditions. Teaching with 28 students is not the same as teaching with 20. We don’t even have room to seat them in class! »
For the union, the drop in the number of students should have served to lighten classes, already among the busiest in the OECD, rather than to cut resources.
A glaring lack of replacements
The situation on the ground is already critical. According to FSU-SNUipp 13, it is currently missing 100 replacements in the department. “Today, we have dozens of classes in Bouches-du-Rhône which are without a teacher”deplores the union leader.
This staff shortage directly impacts the lives of current teachers. Charlotte Bourgougnon reveals that refusals of part-time requests (for family or health reasons) have triple This year : “We can no longer let teachers breathe because there is no one to replace them. This is the sign of a system that is failing. »
Precariousness of AESH: “I’m ashamed”
The other dark spot in the file concerns AESH (Accompanying Students with Disabilities). Despite their crucial role for inclusive schools, their status remains precarious. “An AESH colleague earns less than 900 euros per month for 24 hours in front of students. I am ashamed because as long as we do not consider them as staff in their own right, inclusive school remains a discourse, not a reality”she hammers Didier Gesualdi’s microphone.
A political calendar pointed out
Curiosity of the calendar: the publication of the “school map” (which precisely defines the openings and closings of classes) has been postponed after the municipal elections of March 2026. For the FSU, this shift aims to avoid local political pressure during the campaign.
Faced with this observation, the unions do not intend to sit idly by. Strong mobilization has already been announced for the month of March. “We are going to meet colleagues and parents of students. The money exists, when we see the colossal budgets for the army, we see that these are political choices”concludes Charlotte Bourgougnon.
