Is teaching still an attractive career?

2025-03-26T18:00:00+00:00

2025-03-26T21:00:00+00:00

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Preliminary note: to support the association’s activities, we invite you to renew your membership to benefit from member rates on our events. Membership fees help finance the organization of new events and actions for students and pupils. Depending on your ENS affiliation, please contribute to the association or to the ENS Alumni Club!If you encounter any issues, contact us at: contact@ens-alumni.orgConference — Paris, March 26, 2025Is teaching still an attractive profession?Perspectives from an expert, a journalist, and a representative of both traditional and digital educationThe teaching profession is experiencing an unprecedented crisis in attractiveness:3,000 unfilled positions in 2023, 4,000 in 2022, and only 4 candidates per competitive exam post, compared to 12 in the 2000s.This trend represents a medium-term threat to the renewal of the teaching workforce, essential to the sustainability of public education.Moreover, as with other civil service professions, the lack of selectivity at entry diminishes the perceived value of the profession.By impacting the relationship between society and civil servants or applicants, this dynamic also threatens the well-being of civil servants currently in service.How can we restore the prestige of this essential profession?Which levers should be activated to attract and retain talent?Speakers:Johanna Barasz, PhD in history, expert at France Stratégie (Prime Minister’s office), co-author of the recent report “Working in the public sector: the challenge of attractiveness”, former technical advisor at the Ministry of National EducationViolaine Morin, alumna of ENS Lyon (2010, modern literature), studied at NYU, journalist at Le Monde specializing in education topicsAntonin De Laever, alumnus of ENS Paris-Saclay (2010, economics-management), graduate of Oxford, teacher at the London School of Economics, founder of the tutoring app Studeo and the YouTube channel The Maths Tailor🎟 Register now below! (limited seating)🍸 A cocktail reception will follow the conference to continue the discussions.💻 Online participation will also be available – the link will be shared shortly.💡 Join us and take part in a collective reflection on the future of a profession at the heart of our society!

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