Pupils sit in a classroom in a middle school in Bron, September 1, 2020, on the first day of the school year amid the Covid-19 epidemic. — AFP pic
Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer told Europe 1 radio that he was however pleased with how the return to school had progressed since children went back nationwide on Tuesday. Up to 130 classes have also been halted within schools and the minister said the authorities were checking around 250 incidents related to Covid-19 in schools every day.
But he added the first week had gone “relatively well” and “despite the fears everyone went back and that makes me very happy”, he said.
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