For the start of the school year on September 2, it is the level 2 health protocol, on a scale of 4, which will be implemented in mainland France, while the health pass will not apply.
- In elementary school, middle school and high school, classes will resume face-to-face.
- Wearing a mask will be compulsory, the rooms must be ventilated and regularly disinfected.
- If a positive case is declared, the classes will close except in college and high school for students vaccinated with the two injections.
For the children, it’s soon the recovery. Thursday, September 2 marks the start of the school year, which takes place against the backdrop of an epidemic outbreak. In an attempt to limit the risk of the virus circulating in schools, the government has chosen to apply a reinforced level 2 health protocol in mainland France, out of a total of 4, but not to apply the health pass. In the West Indies and Guyana, on the other hand, the degraded health situation could lead to the adoption of specific measures, which could go beyond level 4.
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Face-to-face courses
The displayed objective is “to have a return to school as normal as possible, with students in class, while preserving everyone’s health”, assured Jean-Michel Blanquer in an interview with the Sunday newspaper. This means first of all that students will be able to come to class and take face-to-face lessons, whether in elementary school, middle school or high school.
Mandatory mask from elementary school
In the classrooms, it will be necessary to respect the sanitary measures which are planned. This refers to reinforced ventilation of the premises, compulsory hand washing, wearing a mask compulsory from primary school, a limitation of mixing by level and finally the disinfection of the most affected surfaces several times a day as well as tables. of the refectory after each service.
Indoor sports allowed
For physical and sporting practice, it is authorized both outdoors and indoors. For the second, the limit concerns contact sports which are prohibited. According to practice, a maximum of distance must also be respected.
Protocol in case of contamination
In the event of infection in a class, the contact-tracing protocol depends on the type of establishment and the vaccination status. At the elementary level, the class will close on the first case and lessons will continue remotely. In middle and high school, contact students who are not vaccinated or who have not completed their vaccination schedule will have to take lessons at home for 7 days. Those who have received both injections will be able to continue face-to-face.
An evolving protocol
The level 2 alert of the health protocol applies uniformly on the metropolitan territory at the start of the school year but may evolve according to epidemiological developments. “In mainland France, we reserve the possibility of adapting the protocol at the local level, if there were developments that justified it, but, for the moment, the conditions for the return to school will be identical everywhere.”, indicated the Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports.
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