The Ministry of National Education had ordered 60 million self-tests, which were to be deployed in high schools from Monday.

But orders from Asia will eventually arrive late.

For the start of the operation, the principals are betting more on May 17.

And still wondering about the organization to put in place for the tests and the management of the positive cases detected.

This Monday was supposed to be the big day for the start of the distribution of the self-tests to high school students.

More than 60 million tests have been ordered by the Ministry.

But the boxes, which were to arrive from Asia, were ultimately not there on time.

Monday, very few high schools had been delivered, because of a logistics problem with regard to the very large volume ordered, explains the Ministry.

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Only 5 and 10% of parents gave their consent

In the meantime, principals can obtain parental consent for their children to be self-tested or not.

But the share of parents who have given their consent is very low, between 5 and 10%.

In addition, very few principals have planned the educational sessions around the self-tests, due to lack of supplies.

This delay complicates an already very heavy protocol. "Insofar as the self-tests did not arrive Monday morning and that we are on a week with two and a half days of lessons (because of the Ascension Bridge), we will a priori be at the start of the operation from Monday May 17, "explains Bruno Bobkiewisz, headmaster of a high school in Vincennes and member of the SNPDEN (National Union of National Education Management Personnel). "It is an operation which, on paper, is obviously relevant, but the problem is that it poses many technical questions. Who does it? In which dedicated space? How is the waste disposed of? How is managed positive cases? ”he continues.

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Bruno Bobkiewisz did the math and according to him, the school nurse at his high school can supervise 15 students simultaneously.

On a high school of 1,400 students, it would therefore theoretically be necessary to set 90 slots.

The boxes to arrive contain 25 self-tests, for collective use.

The principals then hope to quickly receive boxes of five, to be distributed to each student, so that they can make them at home.