The current protocol establishes that if a positive is detected in a classroom, all students in that class must undergo three covid tests over four days and that they can return to class as long as they are negative.
The French Education Minister, Jean-Michel Blanquer, assured this Thursday that will maintain self-tests for students despite the opposition of parents and teachers. He added that it is a measure so that schools do not close despite the omicron variant.
The current protocol for primary schools in France establishes that if a positive is detected in a classroom, all students in that class must undergo three covid tests over four days and that they can return to class as long as the self-tests are negative.
In an interview with the EFE agency, Blanquer stated that he will not back down on his policy: “We will continue with it as long as omicron continues and I hope that in the coming weeks the protocol can be relaxed.”
The continuous changes in the Education protocol (three in a week) have generated discomfort that has been reflected in a series of weekly strikes to which fathers and mothers have joined. After the first strike last week, the French government and the unions reached an agreement. This Thursday they have called a new day of strike because the postponement of the “baxoa” or selectivity exams was left out of the agreement.
Jean-Michel Blanquer has been living tense hours since announcing the new anticovid protocol for returning to class after the holidays, something he did the day before and in an interview published on the internet. Later, it was also learned that he did it while on vacation in Ibiza.
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