BREAKING: Up to 500 French Schools to Be Totally or Partly Closed Monday: Minister
Education officials said 400-500 high schools face suspensions as teenage protests over staff shortages and long school days spread nationwide.
- On Monday, Education Minister Edouard Geffray announced that up to 500 schools across France will be totally or partly closed as security conditions have not been fulfilled since the student protests began.
- The movement began two weeks ago at the Saint-Exupery high school in Creteil to support striking teachers, then expanded nationwide over grievances including teacher absences, overlong school days, and dilapidated facilities.
- Over 5,000 people, 85% of them minors, have been arrested since the movement began, while 78 education staff members were wounded on Friday when a 59-year-old teacher was doused with petrol.
- Geffray claimed that far-left activists have infiltrated and hijacked the student movement, while organizers called for protests to continue on Tuesday, citing a lack of 'concrete measures' from the government.
- French sociologist Valerie Becquet noted that high-school students, particularly from low-income neighborhoods, feel they receive inferior education, fueling unrest amplified by TikTok videos offering narratives distinct from traditional media.
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French student protests escalate: Up to 500 schools to remain closed on Monday, 5 October
Up to 500 French high schools will be partly or fully closed on Monday as protests over teacher shortages, overcrowding and poor facilities intensify, with authorities citing security concerns after schools were damaged and clashes erupted.
Students call for more human and financial resources for public education and complain about the lack of teachers, the deterioration of buildings and excessively heavy teaching hours.
Edouard Geffray, Minister of National Education, announced that the courses will be "totally or partially" suspended on Monday in "400 to 500" high schools where the security conditions "are not met." On the margins of the high school movement, 24 schools have been "fired or ransacked", he also saidThe courses will be "totally or partially" suspended on Monday in "400 to 500" French high schools where the security conditions "are not met", annou…
More than 400 schools in France will remain closed on October 5 due to protests by high school students
More than 400 schools in France will remain closed on October 5 due to protests by high school studentsThe Ile-de-France metropolitan region will be particularly affected by the restrictions, TF1 TV channel reports. At least 168 schools will not...
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