The level of the new health protocol applicable to schools at the start of the school year will be decided "
ten days before the start of the school year for all or part of the territory
", depending on the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, the minister said on Tuesday August 2. National Education Pap Ndiaye.
"
This health protocol draws lessons from the difficulties of the past year
", he assured the deputies during questions to the government, highlighting the establishment throughout the year of "
a period of ten-day implementation
” to allow educational teams to adapt to different scenarios.
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Keeping “schools open”
The start of the school year takes place on September 1 and concerns some 12 million students, from kindergarten to high school.
Formalized on July 19, this new protocol "
simplifies the rules with a base of general recommendations and three levels of specific measures
", explained the minister.
The three levels, categorized by the colors green, orange and red, will be applicable nationally or locally throughout the school year.
They aim to propose, depending on the circulation of the virus, progressive measures ensuring the safety of children and educational teams while keeping “
schools open
”.
According to this new protocol, the reception of students can only be done face-to-face, unless the red level, provided for in the event of a very degraded health situation, is activated.
In the latter case, a system of "
hybridization
" could be put in place, but only "
in high school when the configuration of the establishment requires
it", detailed the ministry on its site at the end of July.
In addition, the rest of the applicable measures, in particular relating to the wearing of a mask and the management of contact cases will now be done "
in coherence (...) with the health measures taken in the general population
", recalled Tuesday Pap Ndiaye.
“
There will no longer be any measures specific to the school environment,
” he insisted.
"
This protocol was the subject of broad consultation with the representative organizations of the staff, the associations of elected officials and the federations of parents of students
, "said Pap Ndiaye, assuring that it had"
been greeted
"by"
all (the) partners
”.
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The waltz of health protocols at school, and in particular in the winter of 2021/2022, put in place due to the Covid-19 epidemic, had exasperated teachers and parents of students, often struggling to follow. the rules laid down.
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