13 articles from France 24, Time, The Straits Times, Euronews and 3 more.
Hundreds of thousands of students and their supporters took part in nationwide protests across France on Tuesday after weeks of student barricades protesting school conditions.
A quarter of a million demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday as unions and teachers joined high school students demanding better learning conditions in protests that later descended into sporadic clashes with security forces. A French policeman was on…
More than 250,000 people took to streets across France on Tuesday as teachers, parents, and union activists joined students who have spent the past two weeks protesting, what they say is, a poorly-funded high school system.
The protests started in late September with students blocking entrances to hundreds of high schools.
It’s a protest movement that a broke, lame-duck French government did not see coming. Civil servants this Tuesday joining high schoolers now in their third week of picketing over long-deteriorating classroom conditions. The usual recipe for wearing down movements in France has…
The protesters, joined by parents and trade unions, are condemning the lack of resources in the national education system.
Now in their third week, the protests have grown.
PARIS, Oct 6 - France braced on Tuesday for a day of nationwide high-school blockades and trade union-led street protests in support of students demanding that President Emmanuel Macron's cash-strapped government tackle understaffed and dilapidated schools.
Some 215 students and 715 police officers have been injured since the start of the movement.
Student protests in France have shut down hundreds of schools after demonstrations against teacher shortages and rundown buildings turned violent. Since late last month, protests have spread across the country, and clashes with police and school officials have resulted in…
Education Minister Edouard Geffray said on Sunday about 500 schools likely to be fully or partially closed on Monday.
Up to 500 schools are expected to close across France on Monday as student protests continue, according to the country's Education Minister Édouard Geffray. The protests over high teacher absence rates, overlong school days and dilapidated facilities began at a Paris school on…
In response to escalating student protests regarding education quality, France is set to close up to 500 high schools. Students are advocating for enhanced teaching staff and better resources to combat overcrowding and failing infrastructures. The unrest has led to significant…
