Students and police clash as France struggles to quell protests
Riot police clashed with high school students across France on Friday and unions called for teachers to strike as President Emmanuel Macron’s government battled to contain increasingly violent protests over classroom conditions and funding.
EDUCATION TO GET BELOW-INFLATION BUDGET INCREASE The students blockading the high schools have voiced anger over overcrowding in classrooms, regular shortages of teachers and dilapidated buildings, blaming years of underinvestment.
Under the draft 2027 budget presented by the government on Thursday, the education budget is set to increase by a below-inflation 1.
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