Enseignement et Liberté

Enseignement et Liberté (Education and Freedom) is a French association founded in 1983. According to its own website, it was created to oppose the projet de Service public unifié et laïque (unified public and secular school service) promoted by Alain Savary, then Minister of National Education in the government of Pierre Mauroy. The association describes itself as a defender of freedom of education, publishing a manifesto, maintaining an honorary committee and a board of directors, and organizing colloquia and debates. It also awards a Prix d'enseignement et liberté (Prize for Education and Freedom). Its website lists publications and documents, a library (Bibliothèque de l'IPC), legal resources, and thematic sections on laïcité, education policy, reading instruction and pedagogy, violence in schools, universities and grandes écoles, socialization of children, international issues, Catholic schools, constitutional aspects, and school vouchers and non-contract schools. The association held an extraordinary general assembly on 16 June 2023 under the presidency of recteur Armel Pécheul, at which a proposed dissolution by the board was discussed; the quorum of 10% of paid-up members was reached. The website also features commentary on current events, such as the 2022 school year and a speech by Emmanuel Macron. Wikidata classifies it simply as an association. No commercial products or services are associated with this entity; it is a non-profit advocacy organization.

Enseignement et Liberté was founded in 1983, according to the account on its own website. Its creation was a response to the projet de Service public unifié et laïque (unified public and secular school service) championed by Alain Savary, Minister of National Education in the government of Pierre Mauroy. The association positioned itself as a defender of freedom of education against what it saw as a threat of a state monopoly in schooling. Over the decades it has published a manifesto, maintained an honorary committee and a board of directors, and organized colloquia and debates. It also established the Prix d'enseignement et liberté. Its website serves as a hub for publications, legal resources, a library (Bibliothèque de l'IPC), and thematic dossiers on laïcité, education policy, reading instruction, violence in schools, higher education, socialization, international issues, Catholic schools, constitutional questions, and school vouchers. On 16 June 2023, an extraordinary general assembly was held under the presidency of recteur Armel Pécheul to consider a dissolution proposed by the board of directors; the quorum of 10% of paid-up members was reached, and the matter was discussed. The association remains active as of its website's latest updates.

• 2023

  Extraordinary general assembly on 16 June under President Armel Pécheul to discuss a proposed dissolution.

• 1983

  Association founded to oppose the projet de Service public unifié et laïque.

Non-profit advocacy association defending freedom of education and opposing a unified public secular school service.

1. 1Questions crucialesenseignementliberte.org
2. 2Enseignement et Libertéwikidata.org