Elisabeth Borne requires a minute of silence in all colleges | EUROtoday

The Minister of National Education, Elisabeth Borne, introduced on Wednesday June 11, having requested for a minute of silence in all colleges, Thursday midday, in homage to the supervisor killed by a school pupil Tuesday in Nogent (Haute-Marne). “It is really the whole educational community that is in shock and the whole nation. This is why I asked that a minute of silence is observed, tomorrow [jeudi] At 12 noon, in all establishments ”stated the minister on France Inter.

The dying of a supervisor, stabbed Tuesday by a 14-year-old pupil throughout a bag management close to the Françoise-Dolto faculty, aroused immense emotion in academic and political spheres. The custody of the school pupil was prolonged by twenty-four hours, the gendarmerie stated on Wednesday at noon.

The head of state, Emmanuel Macron, spoke “A surge of insane violence” And the Prime Minister, François Bayrou, wished the federal government to work in “Experimentation” of security gates on the entrance to colleges. He additionally assured that the federal government would prohibit the sale to minors of “Any knife that can constitute a weapon”.

On TF1 on Tuesday night, Mr. Bayrou stated that this measure would come into drive ” right away “. Currently, the checklist of knives prohibited on the market at present consists of solely daggers and knives, in keeping with article R311-2 of the interior safety code. Matignon specified, Wednesday on the France-Presse company, that the ban on the sale of knives to minors can be carried out by a decree “Taken within two weeks”.

“Sanctuaries”

“Obviously, we must protect the school and protect those who make it live (…). It is an absolute priority “stated Elisabeth Borne. “Unfortunately, we can’t set up excavations daily in entrance of all institutions. »»

Asked in regards to the gantries, she stated herself “Open to everything that can avoid the introduction of weapons in establishments”however “Everyone knows that gantries are not the absolute answer, because we also have ceramic knives that will not be detected” by these gadgets.

It’s needed “Let us act together with communities to ensure as much as possible security in school enclosures, whether it remains sanctuaries” with out “Make bunkers”added the Minister of National Education.

Beyond safety, “The fact that this 14-year-old kills this young woman in front of the gendarmes, is scary and (…) It refers to other mental health subjects »insisted the minister, assuring that the government was “Mobilized to detect indicators of psychological misery or psychological fragility in younger folks”. It is also “Protect our younger folks from overexposure to screens, from the trivialization of violence”she said.