the health protocol brought to the “base” level, the lowest

Back to school scheduled for Thursday 1^er September in France will be done according to a health protocol at the lowest level, called “base”, announced Pap Ndiaye, the Minister of National Education, Tuesday August 23 during a meeting with the unions, according to information from Parisian. “This is the base level, which is already the level applied to Reunion and Mayotte”reported Jean-Rémi Girard, president of the National Union of High Schools and Colleges (Snalc).

At this level of alert, all primary school, middle and high school students will be able to follow face-to-face lessons without physical distancing. Physical and sporting activities will be allowed indoors and outdoors without restriction. There will be no restriction on mixing between groups of students, nor any specific layout in the canteen.

Respect for barrier gestures such as wearing a mask, regular hand washing or even ventilation of the premises remains recommended for prevention, without any obligation. Thus, the rules applied to the entire population by the health authorities are those applied in the school environment, as provided the new “health framework”made official on July 19.

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Teachers who request it will be able to receive surgical masks, the Ministry of National Education told the unions. According The Parisianin total, 61.5 million masks will be sent to academies and self-tests will be provided by pharmacies, at least until All Saints Day.

A period of ten days between the announcement and the application

Pap Ndiaye announced in early August that the protocol would 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 new health framework providing for such a delay between the announcement of a protocol and its date of implementation.

The new protocol provides for a level ” basement “ general recommendations and three levels of specific measures, applied according to the epidemic situation of the country: level 1, green, said to be “moderate alertness”, level 2 orange “increased vigilance” and level 3, red, corresponding to a “very unfavorable development”.

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These levels 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. A system of“hybridization” between remote and face-to-face can then be set up in high school, depending on the local context.

The waltz of health protocols at school, especially during the winter of 2021-2022, introduced due to the Covid-19 epidemic, had exasperated teachers and parents of students, often in difficulty to follow the rules laid down .

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