Overview
- A ministry document provided to unions details 2,229 cuts in primary education and 1,803 in secondary for the next school year.
- The allocations were unveiled at a delayed CSA meeting, with the ministry emphasizing their conditional status until Parliament adopts the budget.
- Education Minister Édouard Geffray cites forecasts of roughly 150,000 fewer pupils in 2026 to justify the reductions.
- Teacher unions condemn the move as austerity and warn of class closures, noting that 670 cuts in 2025 coincided with about 2,400 class shutdowns.
- The academy-by-academy breakdown shows steep losses in Lille—265 primary and 190 secondary posts—with notable reductions also listed for Versailles, Nancy‑Metz, Normandie, Nantes, Créteil and Bordeaux.