The rule applies to all pupils, from fourth grade through the final year of secondary school. In all middle schools in France, as in the Loire, a ceremony honoring those who died for France is being held.
Emmanuel Macron is presiding, this November 11, over the remembrance ceremony. It is the last one he will lead as head of state before the presidential election.
This commemoration comes as tributes to those who died for France have become mandatory in schools. The measure, in force since the start of the school year, covers pupils from fourth grade through the final year of secondary school.
Wanted by the minister of National Education, it is drawing criticism from teachers' unions. The precise content of these reservations is not detailed.
The scheme is not limited to middle schools: it applies in schools, for all the pupils concerned since the start of the school year.
He set out this idea in these terms: civil concord depends on taking ownership of one's history, on the recognition of peace, and on knowledge of the price of peace.
He also recalled that these ceremonies in schools have been mandatory since the start of the school year for all pupils, from fourth grade through the final year of secondary school.
The ceremony there takes on a particular character, as in many schools where the tribute is now written into the calendar.
The stated stake is therefore twofold: to fix the facts in pupils' memory and to ensure transmission to subsequent generations.