A class in Belgium (Illustration).

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What if a school closes because of the coronavirus?

For parents, it is difficult to work and look after their child at the same time.

To assert a right for care of sick children "will be possible in the event that the class, where the school is closed, for the parents", announced on Franceinfo the spokesperson of the government Gabriel Attal.

Such a device had already been put in place at the time of deconfinement.

"Our whole strategy is to ensure that an entire establishment does not close," however, Prime Minister Jean Castex recalled during a trip to Châteauroux (Indre) on the occasion of the start of the school year.

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“It could happen, it is part of the assumptions for which we are prepared.

In these cases, two things will have to be taken care of.

One, that the teaching does not stop (…) Two, it will indeed be necessary to find solutions especially so that the parents can continue to work ”, he specified.

“So more than parental leave solutions, it is rather childcare methods that we intend to promote in this hypothesis.

Therefore priority to the resumption of life in all its dimensions, "he added, specifying that childcare solutions" are being studied ".

The Minister of National Education, who accompanied the head of government, specified that "with the social administrations we are working on these hypotheses which will allow parents to live their normal lives".

If parents can telecommute, there will be no specific help

There will in any case be several conditions for the application of the arrest device for childcare, underlined the entourage of Gabriel Attal.

Once the decision to close has been taken by the competent administrative authorities (prefect and ARS), it can only be applied in the absence of an alternative childcare system that could be put in place by the school or the town hall.

It will also be necessary that neither of the two parents are able to resort to teleworking, specifies again the same source.

“We confirm that a support system (for those parents who have no solution) will be implemented.

It is being developed, ”said the Ministry of Labor.

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