The Minister of Higher Education confirmed this Wednesday, December 29 the maintenance of face-to-face exams. Students express their concern about the progression of the epidemic. In Toulouse, a petition is online.

Four days before the start of the academic year, the partials are present in person, confirmed Frédérique Vidal, Minister of Higher Education, Wednesday morning, December 29 on France Info. Ditto for the courses.

However, some students from different universities in France are declared on the exponential figures of contamination communicated by the government to demand a passage of the exams in distance. This is the case in Toulouse.

A petition has been launched under the name of Anaël Adda on the internet, entitled “January exams online for Toulouse Jean Jaurès University students“. It is addressed to the president of the university, Emmanuelle Garnier.

“The amphitheatres can accommodate more than a crowd of people at the same time, without a strict disinfection protocol and without assurance of the respect of the necessary distances between the students: they do not represent safe places against the virus and do not allow a good progress of the exams “, mentions the text.

“In addition, distance students from the University will not be able to comply with isolation measures in the event of a contraction of Covid-19, some coming from very remote geographical areas “. At the time of this publication, the petition has yielded more than 800 signatures.

Océane Ranjeva, president of AGEMP (general student association of Midi-Pyrénées), claims to be against it as a preventive measure: “the fact of authorizing open examinations in distance leaves the door to pass the entire course in distance, without consultation, without discussion with the teaching staff who must put everything in place “.

“We are not against full continuous assessment or staggering exam sessions, pursuit of the young woman. What we fear is the backsliding for any argument whatsoever because it degrades the quality of relations with teachers, the quality of training, the mental health of students. It promotes social isolation and also worsens social discrimination because some students do not benefit from an internet connection and a quiet and stable place to study “.

At Jean-Jaurès University, the majority of CFVU participants, the Training and University Life Commission decided in favor of face-to-face.

In higher education, examination reports will be studied on a case-by-case basis, knowing that around sixty clusters of 4 to 30 students have been listed since September. To justify her decision to maintain face-to-face exams, Frédérique Vidal, the Minister of Higher Education highlighted the high vaccination rate of this age group, more than 92%, including 30% of triple vaccinated.

Those absent from the tests, positive for coronavirus or contact cases, may be noted during substitution sessions. But they will not be sent back to catch up in June. Continuous monitoring will be after.