In a letter addressed to the president of the Collectivity, Daniel Gibbs, to the Delegate Prefect of the Northern Islands, Anne Laubiès and to the rector of the Academy of Guadeloupe, Camille Galap, the teachers of the Concordia Professional High School denounce a situation that has become unacceptable as long educationally as safe. What future for these young people? Did you say alarming situation? _AF
“All of the establishments resumed service from October 2017, under the conditions you know.
The vocational high school which could only reopen on October 19, 2017, two days before the All Saints holidays ... seems to be forgotten by managers from all sides (Community, Rectorate, State), even though we were there establishment which had the largest number of teachers present on the island, a few weeks after the cyclone….
This recovery was made in deplorable conditions, namely:
• Rooms with chipped windows in which the lessons take place, endangering students and teachers.
• Rooms without door, windows, electricity and with water infiltration.
• Locked emergency doors, with hanging door frames, which could fall on a user at any time.
• Workshops taking the water at the slightest rain while the students are there.
• No barrier has yet been removed. The school is open to all winds ... Are we not in the Vigipirate phase, like all establishments in the Republic?
To date, no workshop is operational. For example, high school students make wiring without electricity, make marzipan characters by way of learning baking…
This situation is highly detrimental for our demotivated students, further increasing the rate of absenteeism. However, they must present professional examinations like their comrades from the Academy. You are aware of the difficulties they already encounter in normal schooling. We let you imagine what is likely to happen to them this year.
Some teachers, discouraged by the lack of consideration on the part of the governing bodies, feel helpless in the face of this situation. They almost fall into depression and therefore have to stop working.
Others are still loyal to the job, but until when? For example, a teacher struggled to obtain sponsorship from an association of artists living in France. This operation enabled us to obtain a large number of portable equipment so that the pupils of the wood section could benefit from the professional education to which they are entitled, despite the absence of electricity. He learned this week that he should not connect them to the electrical network which would not be up to standard. Another, in auto mechanics, does not hesitate at his own risk to make his students work with equipment bought on own funds. Indeed, at present, in addition to water infiltration and pigeon droppings that dot the workshop, we are still awaiting reports from the various safety commissions in order to be able to reuse, repair or change the machines. Students must be able to use the workshops to practice the practice, otherwise their year will be invalidated.
This sad picture that we have just drawn to you, shows how disillusioned and very worried about the future of students in grades XNUMX and XNUMX. We are also very skeptical about the real desire of decision-makers to improve the situation of vocational high school, despite the announcements made by both parties on the importance of vocational training. Is this training intended to take place outside of national education?
It seems urgent to bring together all the partners around a table, so that concrete measures are taken in the interest of the students and the economy of this territory. It is a question of its stability and its future development as it has been advocated since the passage of Hurricane Irma: "educational success in a changing society", is this problematic only an illusion?
A young trained person is one more useful brain for society and undoubtedly one less marginal person to bear ”.
Exasperated teachers
of the LPO of Saint-Martin
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