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The Ministry of National Education had to qualify the words of Jean-Michel Blanquer, this Tuesday, about a second test for primary school students in the event of Covid identified in a class while the teaching staff calls for more restrictions .
Schools will reopen their doors for the start of the school year on Monday. But with what health protocol? On France Inter Tuesday morning, Jean-Michel Blanquer startled more than one parent of a student by announcing a substantial adjustment: “To return to school [après un cas de Covid-19 dans une classe, ndlr], it will no longer only be necessary to present a negative test, but several tests, several days apart ”, declared the Minister of National Education in a very affirmative tone. “We are working on this interval in dialogue with the scientific authorities”, he added. It only took a few hours for the Ministry of National Education to qualify his remarks, indicating that Jean-Michel Blanquer was in fact speaking in the conditional. This “work hypothesis”, explained to Release the Ministry, “Will be examined in conjunction with the Scientific Council, in the coming days, depending on the knowledge which is being refined on the omicron variant”.
Parents and teachers unions once again denounce the lack of preparation. “They pitch an idea and adjust based on the reaction. More firmness would be more credible ”, reacts Laurent Zameczkowski, spokesperson for the Federation of parents of students of the…