nearly 2,000 teachers in the streets of Rouen
“These are not the protocols that must be lightened, it is Blanquer that must be fired“we could hear chanted in the streets of Rouen (Seine-Maritime) this Thursday.
They were nearly 2,000 demonstrators, according to the unions, including teachers from kindergarten to 12th grade but also supervisors, nurses who responded to the call to denounce management of the health crisis in schools.
Complicated protocols to follow
Back to school week “it was hell“testifies Cécile.”I have students this week who have been in contact two or three times. Who came back and then left!“explains the history and geography professor at Yvetot college who is worried about”pedagogical continuity. It is not possible because the students leave for several days. We have to slow down and to finish the programs, it will be extremely complicated“.
What about the patent and the baccalaureate?
This problem affects all levels. Teachers find it difficult to teach those who are present while following the absent at a distance. And the worry is already starting for the 3rd who have the patent at the end of the year and for the high school students who will undergo the early baccalaureate exams from the month of March.
“Mr. Blanquer, I know very well that he is not the one who will decide on the sanitary conditions but he is the Minister of National Education, he could decide, for example, to postpone the tests from March to June“suggests Jean-Luc, math teacher at Flaubert high school in Rouen.
Lack of anticipation and dialogue
Because what crystallizes the anger of the teachers in this procession is not so much the errors in the protocols as lack of global organization. Many agree that the situation is difficult and that there is no doubt no miracle protocol but after two years of crisis “we are still waiting for masks, replacements, Co2 sensors …“Jean-Luc is still sorry.”He maybe hire, anticipate” and especially dialogue asks teachers which express a feeling of despise in their place and a great weariness.