The suspense is, for the moment, total.
On the eve of Jean Castex's press conference on the health situation linked to the Covid-19 epidemic, all eyes are now on National Education.
If it seems certain that the executive will not change its position on the closure of small businesses, could measures change, especially in high schools?
Since Tuesday evening, this is in any case the hypothesis put forward by some media, evoking a planned closure of high schools and certain classes in college.
At the Ministry of National Education, the desire is above all "not to close high schools," confides a close associate of Jean-Michel Blanquer.
“From our point of view, it's not necessary,” she continues.
Now there is a national equation which could justify taking new measures ”.
If this were to be the case, one possible avenue to avoid the closure remains to resort to "more distance learning".
As for the colleges, there too, the track of distance learning at the college, in 4th and 3rd, could be studied, but once again as a last resort.
Anyway, such a decision is obviously not yet taken "and would only be Thursday, not before", we are assured.
The Elysee denies
According to our information, the Elysee, annoyed by these "rumors", firmly denies.
A Defense Council takes place Thursday morning, to adopt the measures adopted and discuss their implementation.
They will then be detailed Thursday at the end of the day by Jean Castex during a press conference.
Since the start of the second wave, the desire to keep schools open has been repeated by the executive on numerous occasions.
"Our children cannot be deprived of education for a long time [...] nurseries, schools, colleges and high schools will therefore remain open with reinforced health protocols," Emmanuel Macron said on October 28 when the reconfinement was announced.
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Faced with the growing discontent of students or teachers, Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer announced last week new measures to limit the risks of contamination in high schools, by authorizing more distance lessons, on condition of keeping at less 50% of “face-to-face” teaching for each student.
In recent days, blockades and a strike have also taken place to demand more health measures in high schools.
