1 00:00:02,266 --> 00:00:07,926 Listen euh the old is at the center of all development at the 2 00:00:07,926 --> 00:00:12,246 center of every development because the issues of 3 00:00:12,246 --> 00:00:18,066 education instruction and training are the future of the 4 00:00:18,066 --> 00:00:21,194 world The future of the world. 5 00:00:21,310 --> 00:00:25,365 And a state that does not prioritize 6 00:00:25,366 --> 00:00:29,386 the education of its citizens and sees it as failure. 7 00:00:29,386 --> 00:00:35,686 We think nearly 30 years this day was decreed and some 8 00:00:35,686 --> 00:00:39,046 years ago this day was declared nationally in 9 00:00:39,046 --> 00:00:44,506 Gabon but we think a lot of things have been done 10 00:00:44,506 --> 00:00:50,026 but better remains to do better why because we have 11 00:00:50,026 --> 00:00:55,846 to p clean up the terms and conditions 12 00:00:55,846 --> 00:00:58,241 teachers' work and existence. 13 00:00:58,412 --> 00:01:00,465 Today we want to first 14 00:01:00,466 --> 00:01:05,226 pay tribute to sign or those who lost their lives as 15 00:01:05,226 --> 00:01:09,250 a result of their profession. 16 00:01:09,362 --> 00:01:11,485 This is why 17 00:01:11,486 --> 00:01:15,786 we think government should 18 00:01:15,786 --> 00:01:20,886 focus on accompanying not only existing 19 00:01:20,886 --> 00:01:25,823 teachers but also post teaching. 20 00:01:25,914 --> 00:01:26,645 Why do 21 00:01:26,646 --> 00:01:27,411 we say so? 22 00:01:27,462 --> 00:01:29,706 Because we find to regret that 23 00:01:29,706 --> 00:01:36,946 once your career expires you're thrown like 24 00:01:36,946 --> 00:01:40,560 a rag in quilts by the government. 25 00:01:40,634 --> 00:01:41,445 So, while 26 00:01:41,446 --> 00:01:45,126 it's intelligence that should really 27 00:01:45,126 --> 00:01:49,846 be a source, a source of inspiration, a 28 00:01:49,846 --> 00:01:53,866 source that could enable our young State to 29 00:01:53,866 --> 00:01:56,086 develop in terms of education, instruction 30 00:01:56,086 --> 00:01:56,912 training. 31 00:01:56,971 --> 00:01:59,805 Today is not the case, we make 32 00:01:59,806 --> 00:02:00,236 a call. 33 00:02:00,284 --> 00:02:02,865 To madam the Minister of National Education, so 34 00:02:02,866 --> 00:02:08,366 that the teacher whether active or retired is 35 00:02:08,366 --> 00:02:10,580 considered for his right value. 36 00:02:10,723 --> 00:02:12,865 Because without teacher there 37 00:02:12,866 --> 00:02:16,175 are no students and without students there are no parents. 38 00:02:16,233 --> 00:02:16,465 We've 39 00:02:16,466 --> 00:02:20,366 been leading French-speaking Africa for 40 00:02:20,366 --> 00:02:22,294 almost 10 years today. 41 00:02:22,432 --> 00:02:24,085 We assume the duties 42 00:02:24,086 --> 00:02:27,866 of vice president of the international union of public 43 00:02:27,866 --> 00:02:29,442 services and similar services. 44 00:02:29,543 --> 00:02:30,865 Responsible for French 45 00:02:30,866 --> 00:02:31,777 speaking Africa 46 00:02:31,853 --> 00:02:35,725 But we think that the real problem if we have to 47 00:02:35,726 --> 00:02:43,526 the real problem of French-speaking Africa is the administrative 48 00:02:43,526 --> 00:02:48,546 dictatorship, the political dictatorship the 49 00:02:48,546 --> 00:02:53,766 democratic dictatorship And if we reduce to our young country 50 00:02:53,766 --> 00:02:57,806 Gabon we have a problem of d Ialogue. 51 00:02:57,915 --> 00:02:59,225 Because a 52 00:02:59,226 --> 00:03:02,466 department that promotes dialogue could 53 00:03:02,466 --> 00:03:05,687 never have any problems to strike. 54 00:03:05,754 --> 00:03:06,425 Can 55 00:03:06,426 --> 00:03:08,876 never have issues protesting. 56 00:03:08,931 --> 00:03:09,965 We have experienced 57 00:03:09,966 --> 00:03:13,146 it some years ago, some department heads came 58 00:03:13,146 --> 00:03:15,786 into this Department of National Education who 59 00:03:15,786 --> 00:03:17,282 didn't strike. 60 00:03:17,339 --> 00:03:19,525 I wouldn't want to advertise to 61 00:03:19,526 --> 00:03:20,031 anyone. 62 00:03:20,087 --> 00:03:23,005 But we say it what we know in Gabonese 63 00:03:23,006 --> 00:03:26,126 education system today is that rulers 64 00:03:26,126 --> 00:03:29,314 refuse to dialogue. 65 00:03:29,406 --> 00:03:31,046 And when we 66 00:03:31,046 --> 00:03:35,786 refuse to dialogue, we emphasize things that are 67 00:03:35,786 --> 00:03:36,538 not agreed upon. 68 00:03:36,601 --> 00:03:39,925 And so it creates protest and that's 69 00:03:39,926 --> 00:03:41,056 what we live with today. 70 00:03:41,136 --> 00:03:42,145 We have years to catch 71 00:03:42,146 --> 00:03:45,866 up, even if we voluntarily unilaterally 72 00:03:45,866 --> 00:03:48,803 endorse them and it doesn't work at all. 73 00:03:48,866 --> 00:03:49,866 So, another 74 00:03:49,866 --> 00:03:54,210 opinion is the lack of dialogue. 75 00:03:54,338 --> 00:03:56,765 Our opinion is the 76 00:03:56,766 --> 00:04:00,906 lack of political will, our opinion is the administrative 77 00:04:00,906 --> 00:04:01,658 dictatorship. 78 00:04:01,708 --> 00:04:03,965 I cannot say anything else apart 79 00:04:03,966 --> 00:04:06,726 from promoting social democracy. 80 00:04:06,795 --> 00:04:08,106 The reason why we 81 00:04:08,106 --> 00:04:10,806 have to make the difference between political 82 00:04:10,806 --> 00:04:13,986 democracy and social democracy in union matters 83 00:04:13,986 --> 00:04:15,628 is social democracy. 84 00:04:15,710 --> 00:04:18,665 Participatory democracy because 85 00:04:18,666 --> 00:04:22,566 today's teacher know the environment better than the 86 00:04:22,566 --> 00:04:23,169 politics. 87 00:04:23,223 --> 00:04:25,745 So you have ministers who are not 88 00:04:25,746 --> 00:04:29,586 necessarily teachers or if they are, they were 89 00:04:29,586 --> 00:04:32,773 never unionists, they were never in the field. 90 00:04:32,832 --> 00:04:33,245 Need 91 00:04:33,246 --> 00:04:35,864 all actors to be involved. 92 00:04:35,939 --> 00:04:37,285 I want to say 93 00:04:37,286 --> 00:04:43,746 student, parents of students, teacher and governors in 94 00:04:43,746 --> 00:04:47,886 order to get the teacher out of this weakness today, out of 95 00:04:47,886 --> 00:04:48,760 this precariousness. 96 00:04:48,833 --> 00:04:52,405 A precariousness that is not necessarily 97 00:04:52,406 --> 00:04:56,366 existential but it is a global precariousness because 98 00:04:56,366 --> 00:04:59,126 when we look at our educational system, there is a 99 00:04:59,126 --> 00:05:02,486 weakness in the level of teaching, in the 100 00:05:02,486 --> 00:05:03,060 level of content. 101 00:05:03,124 --> 00:05:06,445 There is a weakness in the structures level and 102 00:05:06,446 --> 00:05:10,226 there is also a weakness unfortunately in the level 103 00:05:10,226 --> 00:05:11,582 of the teacher himself. 104 00:05:11,641 --> 00:05:13,705 Because the teacher today is 105 00:05:13,706 --> 00:05:19,566 treated as less than nothing and while by the way it's 106 00:05:19,566 --> 00:05:26,206 people who develop the country next door in Africa, in 107 00:05:26,206 --> 00:05:29,866 francophone Africa, countries like Senegal, 108 00:05:29,866 --> 00:05:34,306 countries like the la la la la la Cote d' Ivory even 109 00:05:34,306 --> 00:05:40,566 Benin next door have understood that the teacher needs to 110 00:05:40,566 --> 00:05:44,566 be developed in first of all euh in the level of his 111 00:05:44,566 --> 00:05:47,541 work but also in the level of existence. 112 00:05:47,608 --> 00:05:48,825 Unfortunately at 113 00:05:48,826 --> 00:05:51,270 the level in Gabon we have not yet understood this. 114 00:05:51,315 --> 00:05:51,405 I 115 00:05:51,406 --> 00:05:55,526 would still like to say that this day 116 00:05:55,526 --> 00:05:59,326 owes the government some questions. 117 00:05:59,326 --> 00:06:00,936 what is a teacher? 118 00:06:00,995 --> 00:06:02,545 Because to even be a 119 00:06:02,546 --> 00:06:05,986 member of government you have to walk through the classroom. 120 00:06:05,986 --> 00:06:10,226 But if you despise the teacher you 121 00:06:10,226 --> 00:06:15,178 will despise the country, I mean the republic. 122 00:06:15,260 --> 00:06:15,425 I 123 00:06:15,426 --> 00:06:17,786 thank you.