Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Some Muslim students experience secularism as an act of aggression.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Teachers alone can't educate young people.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

It's important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Reading changes your perspective and feeds your imagination.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

The proliferation of bans fuels stereotypes and discriminates against a community.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

It is not just family that must transmit values, but school also.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

You should be appeasing people as much as possible, not stigmatising them. The ban of the burkini puts into question people's individual…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

We have to be careful not to have a form of militant secularism in our country, which is counter-productive for children we…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

As long as there is no proselytism... we must facilitate the partnership between parents and schools.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

We need everyone to be a feminist. Feminism is the fight for the equality of sexes, not for the domination of one…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Inequality of women concerns both India and France, though it might have different manifestations in both the countries.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Our universities also have a lot of foreign students. Are we going to ban them access because in their culture there's a…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Compared to some of our neighbours, it's not frowned upon to be a mother and work in France.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

School is at once a place of hope, but it's also a laboratory that exposes our differences.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

In Europe, we will work towards having a common stance, while in France, we will strengthen our protection for asylum seekers whose…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

It was the students who entered kindergarten in 2011 who are - and I am weighing my words carefully - the sacrificed…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

How can a child adhere to school and the notion of secularism when they see their mother rejected from a school outing,…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

If a big number of young pupils felt secularism was an attack on them, it was because the term had been misused…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Do we have to give Mr Sarkozy a history lesson? Yes, there are Gauls among our ancestors. But there are also Romans,…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

By continuing to increase teacher recruitment and training - and ameliorating wages and working conditions - we will be able to shore…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

School was always a major player in my personal journey. It allowed me to open up to the world, and also social…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

The education ministry files suit every time there is a case of identity fraud.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Equality in education is my number one battle.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

My dream of society is a society where women are free and proud of their bodies.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Preventing children from going to school, and preventing teachers from doing their jobs, seems to be not just undemocratic but intolerable.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

I feel totally French - I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

There is no link between the terror attacks of Daesh and the dress of a woman on the beach.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

I'm aware that beyond my own need to find a personal balance, I should be sending a signal to society as women's…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

If you're asking me in a general context whether I'm for or against the burkini, the response is simple: I oppose the…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

We know that if religion is allowed into schools, pupils will sometimes begin to question the teaching they receive.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

I decided to make a lifetime commitment against social injustices, against inequalities, and that is why I am profoundly from the Left.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Low income persons in need of social housing should be housed in more prosperous areas to avoid placing an extra burden on…

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem