Coronavirus: the trail of an extension of the February holidays under study

To limit the spread of the coronavirus which worries in France, the Ministry of Education is working in particular on a scenario of extending the February holidays.

In the entourage of Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, however, it is explained that this decision should be accompanied by other measures, such as confinement, to be effective.

Extend the February holidays to limit the spread of the coronavirus in France.

At the Ministry of Education, rue de Grenelle in Paris, it is no longer a secret: this scenario is being studied, with at this stage still many questions, however.

Should the vacations in each zone be extended for a week?

Or group them together so that everyone is on vacation at the same time?

Several application methods are possible.

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"We know that this must be accompanied by other measures"

In the entourage of Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, it is nevertheless said that extending the holidays is not a guarantee that the virus will circulate less.

Unless this measure is accompanied by restrictions, such as confinement.

Once is not custom, this opinion is shared by the SNES, the national union of secondary education.

"If the youngest are brought to move, to go to see their grandparents, we will have missed the objective which consists in limiting the contacts and the movements", justifies Sophie Vénétitay, assistant general secretary of the union.

"We know that this must be accompanied by other measures."

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For the professor, this necessity was seen "on the return from the All Saints holidays and on the return from the Christmas holidays where, ultimately, there were no reinforced measures and where the virus continued to circulate".

If this option of lengthening is chosen, the question of pedagogical continuity will also arise.

In the event of a three or even four-week stoppage, someone close to the Minister explains that the only solution would be to offer distance learning courses after the two weeks of vacation initially planned for everyone, from primary to high school via the middle School.

It would then be necessary to organize a priority care, in particular for the caring parents, as during the confinement of last March.