After the strike yesterday – nearly 38.5% of kindergarten teachers and 23.5% of middle and high school teachers according to the Ministry of Health – Jean-Michel Blanquer reaches out to the unions.
The latter were received in the presence of the Prime Minister, the Minister of National Education and that of Health Olivier Véran, the latter being by videoconference because positive for Covid.
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Jean-Michel Blanquer announced the provision of FFP2 masks on request for kindergarten teachers on request, and the distribution of surgical masks from the beginning of next week. They will be delivered to the "
60,000 national education points
" from next week, he assured our colleagues from France Info on Friday morning, specifying that teachers of classes specializing in disabilities will have priority. On the decried self-tests, the government is maintaining the course of three self-tests to return to class. Unlike in Luxembourg, the chosen method is to practice them at home and not at school. As for saliva tests, "
which, I remind you, are not approved in France
“, Jean-Michel Blanquer refuses for the moment their use.
The Minister also recalled that the State provides local authorities with a fund of 20 million euros to help them acquire air purifiers.
Reinforcements deployed next week
The other main announcement is the deployment of teachers as reinforcements: nearly 8,000 in total who will be sent next week. “
3,300 contract workers until the end of the school year. We are going to use the additional lists, (...) which represents several hundred people
, ”he said. In addition, 1,500 educational assistants - supervisors - will be recruited in the secondary sector, as well as 1,500 administrative contractors to support school principals. Finally, nearly 1000 anti-coronavirus mediators will be sent.
The CP evaluations, scheduled for January, will be postponed as announced Thursday evening. As for the baccalaureate specialty tests, their postponement will be studied. The minister will consult the national council for high school life on this subject, but they will not be “
transformed into continuous monitoring
”.
Questioned for his management of the protocol at school, Jean-Michel Blanquer replied: “
I am not perfect, I make mistakes, it happens to me and I manage to say that I am sorry
”.
“
Why did we communicate the new protocol on Sunday?
Because the High Council for Public Health gives its recommendations on Fridays and we then had to translate them.
The information was on the ministry's website before being published in the newspaper
(Le Parisien NDLR), "he said.
