UNSA-Éducation Polynesésie is on the same line as Minister Christelle Lehartel: do everything to continue teaching face-to-face. But the federation is alarmed by the inequalities between establishments in terms of material resources. Its secretary general, Thierry Barrère, calls for the pooling of municipal resources. And weekly tests for interns.
“Along the same lines as the ministry, in part, says the secretary general of the UNSA-Education Polynesia federation, Thierry Barrère, we actually advocate face-to-face, and we have seen the limits of distance learning during confinement since there were many students who did not have the means to connect. But we also have our differences. ” If teachers are ready to switch to distance learning if necessary, says the unionist, there must not be a break in equality between the students again.
The strong incentive for the vaccination of students and education personnel is “a sticking point” between the UNSA and the ministry. Rather than asking everyone to convince those resistant to the vaccine, the trade union federation would have preferred that the institution be responsible for this mission.
Another request concerns interns. They were tested before their return and then upon arrival, but UNSA would like them to be tested once a week, especially “To reassure parents. “
Another suggestion from the UNSA, the pooling of municipal resources, which are sometimes insufficient to ensure hygiene: “In the same way as the intercommunality on water or the firefighters, we thought that we could pool resources between municipalities to enable them to cope with the lack of personnel”.