Back to school "more anxiety-provoking than usual": this teacher is worried

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This Thursday, August 20, Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer announced a series of measures for the start of the 2020 school year, which worries teachers.

The schoolchildren will slowly return to school from September 1st. A very different start to the school year compared to previous years given the current health context. This Thursday, August 20, the Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer announced measures for the start of the 2020 school year, including the wearing of a mask "Systematic" in middle and high school in all confined spaces, for children and teachers alike.

Initially, the health protocol unveiled on August 5 for the start of the school year, provided for the mask to be applied "when the distance of one meter cannot be guaranteed and [students] are placed face to face or side by side ".

A re-entry still unclear

For parents and schoolchildren, it will be necessary to adapt according to the evolution of the epidemic and therefore the protocol in some "Local exceptions", as the ministry reports. As for teachers, this re-entry is still rather vague. "I'm a little apprehensive about this return to school, which promises to be strange, still a little fuzzy and more anxiety-provoking than usual, we are waiting to see if this protocol will be the one that will be effective at the start of the school year or if a new protocol will be released depending on the evolution of virus circulation ", says Mélodie, a nursery school teacher. "This protocol is suitable for giving real learning to students, but I am not sure it is suitable for limiting the spread of the virus. "

"Powder in the eyes"

In addition, to ensure this "Start of all September 1", respect for physical distance will be "As far as possible", indicates the minister's entourage. A measure that does not convince Delphine, a history and geography teacher at the college: “Despite all these measures, they are still children. They constantly cross paths and see each other even outside of school, these measures are a bit of window dressing after all. " For this teacher, another scheme should be considered as a remote recovery but also punctual as in the month of June.

Finally, this protocol is not set in stone, "Special measures" could be taken to Paris and the Bouches-du-Rhône, where "The circulation of the virus is important", indicated the minister. For more information, visit the website of the Ministry of Education.

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