School: the return of the mask to primary school in three Breton departments from Monday – Le Télégramme

From Monday, the day of the start of the school year, wearing a mask will again be compulsory in primary school in 39 metropolitan departments (Reunion Island is also concerned). Departments where the “incidence rate has been above 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants for several days”, indicates the Ministry of National Education. As expected, three Breton departments are affected by this new measure: Côtes-d’Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine and Morbihan. Loire-Atlantique is also concerned.

Departments where the mask is mandatory again from Monday: Ain, Hautes-Alpes, Ardennes, Aveyron, Cher, Corrèze, Haute-Corse, CÔTES-D’ARMOR, Creuse, Drôme, Eure-et-Loir, Gers, ILLE-ET-VILAINE, Indre-et-Loire, Isère, Loir-et-Cher, Haute-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Maine-et-Loire, MORBIHAN, Moselle, Nord, Oise, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Pyrénées-Orientales, Bas- Rhine, Haut-Rhin, Sarthe, Savoie, Seine-et-Marne, Deux-Sèvres, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Var, Vendée, Vienne.

A decision awaited by the unions

This decision was expected by the primary teachers’ unions, but some fear that it will cause misunderstanding. “It was the fear that was expressed when this decision was taken”, because “necessarily, that required returns”, underlines Guislaine David, general secretary of Snuipp-FSU, the first primary union. “The return of wearing a mask will be complicated because it will create incomprehension among students and parents,” she adds, estimating that this “yoyo effect” and “these trips are likely to create instability and insecurity in schools ”.
“The question will now be to see if it will be a measure easily accepted by families”, adds Stéphane Crochet, Stéphane Crochet, secretary general of SE-Unsa. “We saw him in Lozère, who had to put the mask back on. Some of the families found that it was not justified, ”he continues.
For Catherine Nave-Bekhti, general secretary of the Sgen-CFDT, however, “that seems rather wise to us if we want to avoid numerous contaminations which will inevitably lead to class closings or even school closures”.

“Our role to explain that we are not yet out of this pandemic”

“It can no doubt cause misunderstanding, but it is also our role, that of all education personnel but also of the government, to explain that we are not yet out of this pandemic. », She believes.
The number of classes closed because of covid-19 rose slightly before the All Saints holidays for the first time since mid-September to stand at 1,246, or 0.24% of classes in the country, according to the reports. figures from the Ministry of National Education.
As a reminder, a case of covid in a primary class results in a closure. In the event of contamination in middle or high school, only students with unvaccinated contact cases must isolate themselves for one week.
“The resumption of viral circulation was confirmed in metropolitan France” during the week of October 18, according to the weekly update from Public Health France published last Friday. That week, the threshold of 50 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants was exceeded “in 44 metropolitan departments” and “increasing or stable in all regions”. For example, it reached 73 per 100,000 inhabitants in Pays de la Loire, an increase of 52%.