Hundreds of Schools to Shut Monday as France Braces for More Student Protests
Education Minister Edouard Geffray said 24 schools have been burned or ransacked and 78 staff members injured as protests spread.
- On Monday, up to 500 schools across France are totally or partly closed due to student protests, Education Minister Edouard Geffray announced, describing the measure as a security precaution ahead of planned demonstrations.
- Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu set out a timetable Sunday to address student grievances, urging local authorities to prioritize filling gaps left by long-term absences and overlong school days amid dilapidated facilities.
- Geffray reported 78 education staff members injured and alleged that 'far-left' infiltrators 'hijacked' the movement, while a 59-year-old teacher was doused with gasoline during a protest on Friday.
- Authorities have arrested more than 5,000 people since the movement began, 85 percent of them minors, while Amnesty France slammed 'disproportionate police violence' in tackling the demonstrations.
- Organizers have called for continued protests on Tuesday, citing a lack of 'concrete measures' from the government as tensions persist over educational reform and police tactics.
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Several French Schools to Shut on Monday as Student Protests on Education Resources Continue
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The government wants a resumption of courses this Monday "everywhere" where security allows, but 400 to 500 high schools will remain closed, on the eve of a national day of mobilization, Tuesday, in which high school students, students and unions call to participate. Follow our direct.
According to the French Minister of Education, security conditions are not being met and 24 schools have been looted or burned by protesters since the protests began.
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