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France's education minister slips up in public school faux pas

Amélie Oudéa-Castera finds herself in the hot seat less than a week after being appointed head of both the Ministry of Sports and Education. AFP - GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT

France's new Education Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castera is on the defensive over her decision to send her children to private school. The row threatens to overshadow President Emmanuel Macron's attempt to reboot his second term with a reshuffle that's already seen as a sharp tilt to the right.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, on her first school visit as minister, Oudéa-Castera defended her decision to educate her three boys at the prestigious Stanislas school – a private Catholic institution in Paris – rather than in the public system.

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