France: Teachers From Algerian School of Paris Launch a Distress Signal

Professors from the Algerian School in France have staged a protest against what they called “the tragic circumstances of Paris”, by requiring the Minister of Education Ms Nouria Benghebrit, to personally intervene to end “the ordeal they are woefully experiencing every day”, as they put it.

As a matter of fact, these teachers argue that don’t receive any indemnities or allowances, for overtime work and are excluded from the collective convention. And therefore, they ask that they be subjected to the laws of the Algerian school itself as promised by the national education ministry before their appointment.

According to this document of which Echorouk’s editorial staff received a copy, and which was sent to the Minister of National Education and to the Ambassador of Algeria in Paris and to the Director of the relevant school, they called for an urgent solution to their lingering problems by retrieving their legitimate labor rights.

They also stressed the need to take account of overtime work done beyond the legal 18 hours of teaching and also the numerous hours spent in pedagogical research…

They also demand their social rights and benefit hikes every two years at least so as to tally with the cost of living, as well as the payment of 50% by the School of their season ticket for urban transport fares and an end to the indiscriminate sanctions…

The protesting teachers’ list of claims, also point to the replacement of the educational director who resigned last June and the reimbursement for overtime work they did dutifully over the past few years in their School…

To recall, the opening of the International School of Algeria in Paris in October 2001, was an event that was a milestone in the history of the Algerian community in France and in the action of the Embassy of Algeria to Paris. 

This School, whose acronym is “EIAP”, was created by a decree of the President of the Republic on 17 October 2001. It was named after the late Algerian thinker and writer Malek Benabi in November 2005.