In an interview with Le Figaro, the Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer said he was confident about a reopening of the schools on May 11. Many teachers and principals, however, point to large logistical problems.

The "majority of nursery and primary schools" will reopen on May 11, the date of the start of progressive deconfinement in national education, Jean-Michel Blanquer said in an interview with Le Figaro on Friday .

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"I think the majority of schools will reopen (May 11) everywhere in the territory as well as the majority of colleges in the green zone", from May 18, said the Minister of National Education in an interview posted online on the daily website.

Classes reopened earlier

The government has set the maximum tonnage at 15 children per class, as part of its deconfinement plan, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Jean-Michel Blanquer recalled that the CP and CE1 classes in Rep and Rep + (priority education network), ie 300,000 students, "will be able to reopen very quickly, because the classes are for twelve students".

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About 60,000 rural school students learn in small classes of less than 15 students, he said. "We have provided a lot of local flexibility so that each school can adjust its student flow according to local realities," said the minister.

As for the teachers, only "those who do not have a health problem or who do not have a member of their family with fragility with regard to the Covid-19", will physically provide the lessons, underlined Jean-Michel Blanquer. "We will do a job for the teachers who stay at home to take care of the children who stay at home," he added.