Due to a lack of available staff, the saliva testing campaign is struggling to be launched.
To answer this problem, Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister of National Education, announced Tuesday, March 2 at the microphone of France Inter the recruitment of 1,700 mediators, mostly students.
Read also: Covid tests boost Eurofins' activity
"
Between now and the end of June
", will be recruited "
medical students, pharmacy students, but also students who may be in other fields,
" said the minister.
However, students engaged in fields outside of health will not perform medical tasks, he says.
These jobs will of course be remunerated.
An organization which was strongly requested by the unions, because
"these tests are not done on a snap of the fingers"
, had alerted yesterday Guislaine David, general secretary of the SNUipp-FSU union with the
Figaro
.
Indeed, last week, for lack of clear instructions, schools had to improvise.
Teachers and unions have expressed concern about the implementation of these tests on students.
The fear was in particular that the teachers would also have to do them.
On France Inter, Jean-Michel Blanquer indicates that he is aiming for a gradual increase in power: “
This week, between 50,000 and 80,000 tests will be carried out for the area which has just returned;
last week we were below 10,000.
By mid-March, we will be at 300,000 weekly tests
”.
