(Radio France) France’s education minister has expressed concern over a campaign poster by a parents’ association showing a mother wearing a Muslim headscarf while accompanying her child on a school trip. Jean-Michel Blanquer called the campaign an “error” and questioned the association’s purported secular roots.
In the poster campaign, a woman in a hijab sits next to her daughter, as they prepare to go on what appears to be a school trip.
Accompanying them in bold yellow letters are the words: “Yes, I’m going on a school trip, and so what?” It is followed by a statement in smaller print: “Secularism is about welcoming all parents to school, without exception.”
The flyer, released by the Congress of the Federation of Parents of Pupils, or FCPE (Federation des Conseils de Parents d’Eleves), has sparked controversy.
