From this Monday, March 14, schoolchildren, from primary to high school, as well as teachers, will be able to remove the mask at school, including indoors. The Ministry of National Education nevertheless strongly recommends that students with contact cases wear it for 7 days.
The end of the mask in classes from March 14
This Monday, March 14 marks a new stage in the end of the restrictions linked to Covid-19, since the health protocol goes to level 1 and that wearing the mask no longer required from this date, including indoors. It means that students, from primary to high school, as well as teachers, can remove the mask in class. Pupils and teachers who wish to do so can nevertheless continue to wear it.
Another novelty, secondary school students, whether vaccinated or not, will, from this date, all be considered as contact cases “if they shared a class with the confirmed case (common core class, specialty groups, options, languages…)”. They will therefore all have to carry out a test on D+2. The Ministry of National Education also recommends “strongly the wearing the mask indoors for 7 days after the occurrence of the confirmed case“.
Mask and sport at school
Remember that since the start of the school year, according to zones A, B and C, students no longer have the obligation to wear the mask outdoors, especially in the playground. With the transition to level 1 of the health protocol at school from March 14, students can also practice indoor physical and sporting activities without wearing a mask.
Who should wear the mask at school, in which cases?
- According to level 1 health protocol, only students or teachers who so wish can wear the mask at school, indoors or outdoors, where it is no longer compulsory from March 14. Remember that wearing a mask is prohibited in kindergarten, regardless of the level of the health protocol at school. In contrast, Wearing a mask remains compulsory on public transport as well as on school transport for all children over the age of 6.
- In addition, the mask is strongly recommended, from the age of 6, for at-risk contact persons during the 7 days after the occurrence of the confirmed case as well as for confirmed cases during the 7 days following their period of isolation.
- Finally, wearing a mask may be recommended on medical advice.
Wearing a mask according to the protocol levels at school
- At level 1, wearing a mask is no longer mandatory outdoors or indoors from March 14.
- At level 2, the mask is mandatory indoors
- At level 3 and 4, it is mandatory for all students in enclosed and outdoor spaces.
- National education personnel must wear masks in enclosed spaces on levels 1 and 2 and also outside on levels 3 and 4.
- Remember that kindergarten students, regardless of level, do not wear a mask.