In an interview with the “Parisian”, the Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer announces new health measures applicable from the start of the January 3 and therefore from this Monday.
A few hours before the start of the school year, a new health protocol announced. In an interview with the “Parisian”, Jean-Michel Blanquer specifies the new health protocol that will be applicable to the school from this Monday, January 3. New today: two free self-tests will be given to students as soon as a positive case appears in a class. “From this Monday, at primary school, we are strengthening our policy of” contact-tracing “”, explains the minister, with “the participation of families”. In practice, in addition to an antigen test or PCR, if ever a positive case appears in a class, “when the family does the first test, they will receive two free self-tests in the pharmacy, so that the pupils can test themselves again. home on D + 2 and D + 4. Parents must certify in writing that the tests have been done and that they are negative, ”he explains. “The objective is to keep the school open in health conditions that are as secure as possible, even though the last two weeks have been marked by a very strong acceleration in the circulation of Omicron”, adds Jean-Michel Blanquer. No risk of shortage of self-test, “massive orders have been placed, in connection with the Ministry of Health,” he says.
“Clearly, January will be tense,” he warns
Jean-Michel Blanquer also criticizes the proposal of the president of the Ile-de-France region and candidate Les Républicains Valérie Pécresse to postpone the start of the school year by one week. He said to himself “surprised to hear this proposal.” Since the start of the crisis, France has chosen to preserve its schools. Their closure can only be a last resort, and certainly not the first option that one leaves in first intention and by facility as soon as a wave arrives. ” The interested party will appreciate. He also castigates the controversy “created” by “Mr. Jadot ”on CO2 sensors in schools, recalling that it was the budgetary competence of local communities. “I know of municipalities run by EELV which have not fully equipped their schools with CO2 sensors,” he says.
Finally, the last subject of concern for many parents on the eve of the start of the school year, the possibility that a teacher is sick in turn. “Clearly, January will be tense,” he warns. “During the period, we are suspending all other causes of absence than illness – for example, continuing education – and recruiting contract workers and temporary workers,” he says, to move from a replacement capacity of 9 to 12-15%.
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