A few days before the date, the organization of this tribute is causing unrest in schools. Several teachers' unions have called on staff to refuse or boycott the ceremony.
This ceremony, provided for in a circular published in July, is to be held, at each school's choice, in the four days preceding or following November 11.
"Some consider this would amount to a militarization of the school. To say that is to forget that November 11 commemorates the armistice of a war that our ancestors hoped would be the 'war to end all wars,'"he added. According to a history-geography teacher,"after the introduction of defense classes and engaged classes, there is, according to them, the idea of a militarization of the school.".
CGT Éduc'action denounces"military indoctrination at school."According to this union,"under the guise of 'national cohesion,' the institution is in reality seeking to prepare minds for war.""That is to forget that between the freedom our soldiers defended and the freedom we enjoy today, there is a hyphen: transmission through the school,"he said, stressing that the ceremony will indeed take place.