Students, teachers and parents march across France over school conditions
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Students, teachers and parents marched across France on Tuesday in the largest day of a two-week protest movement over teacher shortages, overcrowded timetables and deteriorating school buildings. Demonstrations began peacefully in cities including Marseille, Nantes and Lyon, while protesters blockaded schools nationwide and some education authorities moved classes online.
Figures on the disruption varied. The High School Students Union said 1,800 high schools were blockaded or expected to close, while the Education Ministry estimated that 891 schools had suspended at least some classes. The ministry had reported more than 400 of France’s 3,700 high schools partially or fully closed on Monday.
The protests have also involved clashes, arson and vandalism. Education Minister Édouard Geffray said 24 schools had been burned or ransacked. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu told parliament that at least 215 students, 85 school employees and 715 police and gendarmes had been injured since the unrest began.
A 15-year-old lost a hand and part of his lower arm during clashes in Lens on Monday. Regional newspaper *La Voix du Nord* reported that he was injured after picking up a police dispersal grenade; local authorities did not confirm the precise circumstances.
Lecornu ordered ministers to develop proposals addressing absent-teacher replacements, long school days, lunch breaks and repairs to ageing buildings, with initial plans due by the end of October. The government has accused hard-left groups of hijacking the movement, while the French Human Rights League has accused police of using disproportionate force against protesters, many of them minors.
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