France Pledges More Teachers After School Students Vow No Let-Up
The government said the teachers will be sent to 114 schools with the most severe shortages as protests over resources continue.
- On Friday, Education Minister Edouard Geffray announced that 3,000 substitute teachers will deploy starting October 9 to 114 high schools rated red for overcrowding and staff shortages, marking the government's first major concession since late September protests began.
- Nationwide unrest escalated on Thursday when 71,500 protesters marched across France demanding better education and less police brutality; Interior Minister Laurent Nunez suspended stun grenades after a 15-year-old lost a hand on October 7.
- Union leaders remain skeptical, with SNES-FSU general secretary Sophie Venetitay dismissing the offer as a 'blank sheet of paper,' while students cite France's worst PISA rankings since 2000 and daily teacher absences as fundamental unresolved issues.
- Economy Minister Roland Lescure said this week the government will address some proposals within the highly constrained 2027 budget, though European Union excessive deficit procedures severely limit fiscal room to resolve the crisis.
- Student and teaching unions have scheduled a day of action for October 13 with wider mobilization planned for October 17, as President Donald Trump linked the protests to immigration, drawing international scrutiny to the unrest.
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PentapostagmaThe recruitments concern General Education and Special Education – On October 15 and 16, the assumption of service
The Ministry of Education has proceeded with the recruitment of a total of 2,096 substitute teachers, Recruitment of Primary and Secondary Education and Special Educational Personnel and Special Support Personnel, in General Education and Special Education for the academic year 2026-27, to cover operational gaps that arose from non-assignments or resignations of already hired substitutes of the B' phase of recruitment. The data on the recruitme…
The French government has announced it will hire 3,000 replacement teachers following protests by high school students demanding adequate educational resources. The number of arrests since the protests began has reached nearly 6,900, mostly young people under the age of 18.
(Berlin=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Gye-yeon = The French government has decided to urgently deploy 3,000 teachers to appease spreading student protesters, AFP reported on the 9th (...
The French government has taken the first step towards meeting the demands of protesting students, promising the commitment of 3,000 substitute teachers in the coming days, in an attempt to reduce tensions that have engulfed secondary schools in the country.Education Minister, Édouard Geffray, announced the measure during a television interview on Thursday evening, after another day of protests, some of which were accompanied by violent clashes,…
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