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" The education ministry files suit every time there is a case of identity fraud. "
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
Education
Fraud
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" It is not just family that must transmit values, but school also. "
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" We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to this idea, and they're not excluded. Secularism is not something against them; it protects them. "
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" As long as there is no proselytism... we must facilitate the partnership between parents and schools. "
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" When I started out, it was rare to see elected representatives with foreign roots. Often, I was relegated to my origins, put in the diversity box: 'You're the new face of diversity.' That annoyed me because I always felt French, and suddenly I was being made to feel I wan't as French as others. "
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" Preventing children from going to school, and preventing teachers from doing their jobs, seems to be not just undemocratic but intolerable. "
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" I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read. "
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" You should be appeasing people as much as possible, not stigmatising them. The ban of the burkini puts into question people's individual freedoms. "
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" It was the students who entered kindergarten in 2011 who are - and I am weighing my words carefully - the sacrificed generation. It is they who have paid a high price for the politics of yesterday - that is to say, the government of Mr. Fillon. "
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Words
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" Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not. "
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" Some Muslim students experience secularism as an act of aggression. "
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Act
Students
" Low income persons in need of social housing should be housed in more prosperous areas to avoid placing an extra burden on the poorer areas and to redress the balance in terms of housing, redressing the balance in terms of schooling. "
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Balance
Burden
Housing
" Compared to some of our neighbours, it's not frowned upon to be a mother and work in France. "
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France
Neighbours
" It's more necessary than ever before to ensure that discernment and the development of a critical mind guide our take on the world and inform our relationship to the media and information. "
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World
Mind
Media
" If you're asking me in a general context whether I'm for or against the burkini, the response is simple: I oppose the burkini. "
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Against
Context
Me
" There is no link between the terror attacks of Daesh and the dress of a woman on the beach. "
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Woman
Beach
" We have several million Muslims in France who are mostly moderates or non-practicing. If they feel that it is the only subject in public debate, they won't feel at home and will be tempted to withdraw to their communities. "
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Debate
Feel
France
" Teachers alone can't educate young people. "
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Young
People
Teachers
" We need everyone to be a feminist. Feminism is the fight for the equality of sexes, not for the domination of one sex over another. "
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Sex
Equality
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" Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans, Normans, Celts, Nicois, Corsicans, Arabs, Italians, Spanish. That's France. "
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France
History
Yes
" We know that if religion is allowed into schools, pupils will sometimes begin to question the teaching they receive. "
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Sometimes
Religion
" When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had successful paths - many have had a difficult, chaotic path. "
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Look
Successful
School
" By continuing to increase teacher recruitment and training - and ameliorating wages and working conditions - we will be able to shore up the weaknesses of the French education system. "
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Training
Education
Shore
" I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children. "
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Children
" We have to be careful not to have a form of militant secularism in our country, which is counter-productive for children we would like to see - adhere - to secularism. "
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" Equality in education is my number one battle. "
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Education
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" People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore. "
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Imagine
Even
Possible
" Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries. "
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India
Different
Inequality
" I'm aware that beyond my own need to find a personal balance, I should be sending a signal to society as women's minister about the importance of work-life balance. "
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" In Europe, we will work towards having a common stance, while in France, we will strengthen our protection for asylum seekers whose lives are in danger because of their sexual orientation. "
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" I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education. "
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