France to shutter up to 500 schools as more student protests called

Amid student protests across the country over poor condition at schools, thousands have been arrested and hundreds injured

More than a quarter-million people are taking to the streets across the country, demanding more resources for schools they say are underfunded.

Police fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters blockading French high schools — as students, teachers, parents and unions took to the streets against what they say is underfunding of the education system. Rights groups and students have accused authorities of using…

Nearly 500 arrests as protests over neglected schools spread across France and pressure mounts on President Emmanuel Macron.

More than a quarter of a million people rallied nationwide to support school students demanding more education funding, according to government figures, with thousands of arrests.

Officers also carry out baton charges as students, staff and parents march in cities including Paris, Marseille and Lyon Europe live – latest updates Police have fired teargas at ⁠protesters as more than 250,000 pupils, teachers and parents demonstrated across France on the…

Unprecedented protests that began in low-income suburb are turning ugly, with investigations under way into police brutality Europe live: latest updates from protests in France Before dawn on Tuesday outside the Lycée Sophie-Germain in central Paris, hundreds of teenagers…

Union members, parents, teachers and others took part in mass demonstrations around the country, backing student demands that the government invest more in schools.

A nationwide day of protest follows more than two weeks of demonstrations and blockades over school conditions. More than 5,000 people have been detained, many of them minors.

Students, teachers and parents are marching in cities across France and protesters are blockading hundreds of schools, in the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations demanding the government tackle understaffed ‌and dilapidated classrooms.

Protesting pupils blockaded their high schools again on Tuesday, a day of planned demonstrations that will test the resilience and energy of a

French riot police have started removing street blockades in Paris on day of mass protest

The student protests that rocked France last week have prompted authorities to keep up to 500 schools closed on Monday. More protests are planned for Tuesday.

Education minister cites safety concerns for closures as organisers call for resumption of protests.