“School violence is unacceptable.” The Minister of National Education, Connede, said May 25 with BFMTV of his desire to “fight against all forms of violence” in schools. The minister significantly cited harassment and the introduction of white weapons in the establishments.
He also judged the “extreme gravity” the student’s door plane in a high school in Essonne who injured a teacher this Thursday. The research, open for voluntary violence aggravated by Evry’s prosecution, must determine why the students did this and if they were aware of the fact that there were lower teachers.
Among the clues to explain an “increase in violence” among young people, Elisabeth Borne also spoke of a “mental health problem that must also be taken by weapons.” She gave as an example the “Nantes drama”, where a teenager killed another high school student in April, before being hospitalized in psychiatry.
“These psychological, psychiatric problems are very important” among young people, said the minister, recognizing that it is necessary to “go further” about these “mental health problems.”
Measures announced in mid -May
Elisabeth Borne has announced in mid -May want to improve health and well -being in school, emphasizing better management of students’ mental suffering. The Minister of Education declared that during school health it amounts to that since the beginning of the 2026 school year, the six year and year students will have to benefit from a “personalized analysis of their health situation.” The medical visit only refers to only 20% of students of this age.
Another measure: already in June 2025, fragility students will benefit from a system of “companionship” to access the medical-psychological centers in priority. Each university and high school will have to have a mental health protocol by the end of the year, to better identify and care for the mental suffering of students.
SNICS-FSU (nurses), SNUAS-FP FSU (Social Assistant), SNES-FSU (Main Secondary School) and FSU-SNUIPP (First Degree) regretted “narrow measures” and “inappropriate responses”.
An alarming situation
“The projects presented are more of cache than a real ambition,” they added in a press release, asking “this course of the reform changes”, with “additional human resources” and a “revaluation of all staff.”
CFDT education also judged these measures “far from meeting the expectations of staff and challenges.” It is “an important disappointment,” lamented its general secretary with AFP, Catherine Nave-Bekhti.
Several figures have demonstrated for some years an alarming situation in terms of mental health of young people. Made by Public Health France, a study showed that in 2021, a fifth of 18-24 years had experienced a depressed episode, a level never seen before.
Since then, the 2022 cover -up survey on the well -being of adolescents has shown that 14% of university students and 15% of high school students presented “a significant risk of depression.” A quarter of high school students (24%) said they had suicidal thoughts in the last 12 months, girls are much more concerned than boys (31%against 17%),
Source: BFM TV
