The end of the indoor mask at school before the end of the school year?
"Very likely", indicated this Sunday Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister of Education, considering "eminently desirable" that they can withdraw it "as soon as possible".
“It is my dearest wish that it can go as soon as possible,” he added, during the program “Political Questions” on Franceinfo and France Inter, in partnership with Le Monde.
“We are both keen to lighten the burden as much as possible for the children and at the same time wish to protect them as much as possible.
So it is this double benchmark that we have.
But again, it is eminently desirable that the mask can be removed from children as soon as possible, and so that is hopefully what will happen, ”he said, before clarifying that it should be done. " in spring ".
"I think it's the right formula," he said.
Relaxed rules for testing
The government announced on Friday a reduction in the health protocol in schools on the return from school holidays in each zone, which will go back from level 3 to level 2 in primary school due to the improvement in the health situation.
This means in particular the end of wearing a mask outdoors in the playground in elementary schools.
However, students will keep the mask in class at this stage.
The rules will also be relaxed for tests: from February 28, contact case students will no longer have to do three but only one after two days (D2), and the sworn statements of tests submitted by families at school will be discontinued on February 21.
“I am obviously very happy to be able to have this new relief.
And then I hope that we will gradually take steps, ”said Blanquer.