Originally, in the summer of 2022, “Nonsco’llectif” brought together Tarn families, then the group expanded to the national territory, to claim its choice in the mode of instruction of their children. Against the new device of the law which provides that home schooling no longer falls under a declarative regime but an authorization regime, the collective took action, this Thursday morning, in several cities in France, including Cahors, Toulouse and Albi…
“We produced a collage of posters denouncing in particular the refusal of nearly 90% of files at the Toulouse rectorate. The challenge for us is to guarantee diversity in educational matters which is a source of wealth. “State advocates an educational monoculture, without the possibility of experimenting with anything else, of engaging an alternative, and in particular for children who are victims of harassment or discrimination”, justifies the spokesperson for Nonsco’llectif, whose action of this Thursday morning, driving between 5 am and 6 am in Cahors, aimed “to get people talking about them and to show their determination to act” she continues.
Because in fact, this modification of the law is expressed according to the members of the group by numerous refusals of files* on the part of the National Education services. “We are even witnessing grotesque situations, adds our interlocutor. This concerns the Lot, moreover, where a family obtained the agreement to educate their eldest son at home, but a refusal for his little brother. parents to enter into civil disobedience, for others to try to pass under the radar by not making any statement. With 0.5% of children in homeschooling and regular checks by National Education, I do not see why for a year, we are imposed such a path”. Since last January, the collective has been calling for the coordination of non-violent direct actions to be heard.