Thousands of teenagers staged demonstrations outside schools and educational buildings in Paris on Friday, protesting against a lack of state investment in education, overcrowded classes of up to 40 children in crumbling buildings, poor teacher pay, staff absences and what they say is an unequal system in which social background determines success.
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The French government is struggling to deal with its worst crisis in months after it was taken by surprise by the thousands of teenagers demonstrating outside schools across the country
Fires, fury and hundreds of arrests as France gripped by student protests ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/02/student-protests-shut-schools-across-france?CMP=yt_gn
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