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French high school blockades resume on small scale, ministry says
Ministry counts 41 blockaded high schools Monday, about one percent nationally; student representatives vow to keep protesting.
The short version
- The Education Ministry reported 41 high schools were blockaded Monday, about one percent of the country's 3,700 schools.[Al Jazeera]
- Education Minister Edouard Geffray called the blockades very marginal and said preventing access to schools is illegal.[Al Jazeera]
- Attempted blockades were reported in Paris, Marseille and Rennes, according to Reuters.[Al Jazeera]
- Student representatives said government offers were not enough and vowed to continue protesting, and the scale of any further action is unknown.[Al Jazeera]
Key facts
- The Education Ministry reported 41 high schools were blockaded on Monday, about one percent of the country's 3,700 schools.[Al Jazeera]
- Pierre Sourzat, head of the Lycéens! group, said high school blockades would restart Monday as students returned from a two-week holiday.[France 24]
- Education Minister Edouard Geffray called the blockades very marginal and said preventing access to schools is illegal.[Al Jazeera]
- Attempted blockades were reported in Paris, Marseille and Rennes, according to Reuters.[Al Jazeera]
- Student representatives said the government's offers were not enough and vowed to continue protesting.[Al Jazeera]
What remains uncertain
- The 41-school figure is an official ministry count, and the reporting does not include independent verification of it.[Al Jazeera]
- Whether student unions' vowed continued protests will expand beyond Monday's level is unknown.[Al Jazeera]
Sources
Outlet counts describe coverage, not independent confirmation. Reports may share a wire service or original source.