“We have prioritized the well-being of our child”: Amélie Oudéa-Castéra asks to “close” the “personal attacks”

Amélie Oudéa-Castera during the first council of ministers at the Elysée Palace on January 12, 2024. Thomas Padilla – MAXPPP

Several voices in the opposition are calling for the resignation of the new Minister of Education. These voices accuse Amélie Oudéa-Castéra of having lied about sending her children to a private school.

According to the revelations of Libérationthis Sunday, January 14, 2024, the choice of the new Minister of Education Amélie Oudéa-Castéra to send her children to private school would not be linked to problems of non-replacement of teachers as she said. ;#39;supported.

According to Libération, only the eldest son of Amélie Oudéa-Castéra was briefly educated in the public sector, in a small section of kindergarten. The daily reports a testimony from his teacher at the time, in 2009, when the little boy was in the Littré public school, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra: "Jamais mon mari et moi n'avons priorisé autre chose que le bien-être de notre enfant (…) je crois en l'école publique" pic.twitter.com/ywXjgFqMez

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A wave of criticism

According to this testimony, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra and her husband decided to send their son to the Stanislas private establishment, close to their home, because the Littré school would have refused an early transfer of their son to the middle section, judging the student still too small. And not for a problem of absence, still according to this same testimony collected by Libération.

Since then, a wave of criticism from several political leaders and trade unionists has swept over the Minister of Education and Sports. Some are calling for her resignation.&nbsp ;

"With as much sincerity as possible"

Amélie Oudea-Castéra asked to "close" the "chapter of personal attacks", reports France info. "I don't want to go further into the field of personal life and privacy. There are attacks to which I have tried to respond as sincerely as possible."

"I believe in public school"

"My husband and I have never prioritized anything other than the well-being of our child. I believe in the Republic school, I believe in the public school, we must have a lot of ambition for it,” she continued.