Jean-Michel Blanquer wants to lighten the protocol

Since schools reopened on May 11, health regulations have been tightened to allow children and teachers to limit the spread of the virus. A protocol difficult to enforce on the youngest, including regular hand washing, the ban on playing games with friends in class and playing together during recess. Also, classes have been reduced since the resumption of classes with 15 students maximum.

This Wednesday, June 10, the Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer spoke at the microphone of RTL, he said that a reduction in the health protocol would be decided this Friday, June 12, during a defense council . "I am the first to wish it, I ask only that", he said. "There will be a defense council on Friday under the authority of the President of the Republic, it is on this day that we will be able to take, I hope, the relief measures which will be applied to the month of June ", maybe next week. "It's just a hypothesis", he insisted. If relief is enacted, this will mainly concern "A point of the health protocol" : the rule of 15 students maximum per class in primary, he said.

"The situation is improving step by step"

The Minister of National Education also gave an update on the situation of schools since the start of the school year. "The situation is improving step by step", he said. He congratulated the teachers who continued to give lessons to the students, despite the strict sanitary conditions. He also pointed to certain teachers who did not “Lived up to their duty. " "The real problem is when there is nothing, no presence, no telework"insisted the minister, evoking possible sanctions.

According to the figures communicated by Jean-Michel Blanquer, " more than 50 % " of the proportion of elementary students were able to return to school, sometimes for a single day, against "30% of students" in college, which have partially resumed.

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