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At primary school, class closings are increasing

2021-11-23T19:16:39.675Z


“We are November 24th. We imagine that the Minister of Education will try to hold out until the Christmas holidays. Beyond that, if the epidemiological trend does not reverse, it may be complicated ...


We are November 24th.

We imagine that the Minister of Education will try to hold out until the Christmas holidays.

Beyond that, if the epidemiological trend is not reversed, it may be complicated, ”

slips a teacher unionist.

Let us understand by this, schools open until Christmas and beyond, a possible closure, as was the case in April with the extended Easter holidays.

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While the indicators are agitated, Jean-Michel Blanquer delays and draws the figures: 6,000 classes are currently closed in France. These are classes

"in primary school in particular, where we deploy saliva tests," he

told the Assembly on November 23.

"As I speak to you, 6000 classes are closed and I recall that last year, at the height of the epidemic, when we managed to keep the school open, we were still at 12,000 closed classes",

a- he argues.

It prevents.

This number of closures is the highest since the start of the school year.

“In the field, people keep telling us about it.

We have the impression that this fifth wave is impacting schools more quickly, ”

said Guislaine David, at Snuipp, the first primary school union.

Since November 14, the mask has made a comeback in schools, after having been, for a time, abandoned in departments that have changed to green.

The health protocol is repeated everywhere in level 2. A change which, in addition to wearing a mask, implies the prohibition of contact sports and a limitation of mixing by level.

"Test campaign"

With the epidemic resurgence, the experiment launched at the beginning of October in ten departments, consisting in no longer closing a class from the first positive case and in testing all the students, by isolating only the positive cases, seems to be moving away.

Difficult for laboratories to multiply.

“At Snuipp, we continue to ask for the deployment of a testing campaign in primary school,

insists Guislaine David.

The minister had announced 600,000 tests per week.

We are at 300,000 proposed and, among them, only 140,000 carried out by families. "

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In middle and high schools, where students can be vaccinated, from 12 years old, the issues are different.

Only unvaccinated risky contact cases are isolated for one week.

To date, 77% of 12-17 year olds have received at least one dose.

A figure that caps.

It stood at 67% in September.

“We want to quickly make a sanitary point with the ministry.

The questions of last year will rest, ”

summarizes Jean-Rémi Girard, of the National Union of high schools and colleges.

What about the indicators that would determine the transition to level 3 of the protocol, which implies a “hybridization” of teaching in high school?

And what about the baccalaureate exams?

The specialty tests, canceled last year, must be held next March.

Source: lefigaro

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