In France, high school students protested at more than 300 schools, staff and students were injured

In France, high school students staged protests at more than 300 schools.

At least 10 educational staff and several students were injured during the protests.

The head of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the detention of more than 160 people during the protests.

PARIS, September 29 – RIA Novosti. At least 10 employees of educational institutions in France and several students were injured during protests by high school students, said the country's Minister of National Education Edouard Geffret.

Earlier, the BFMTV channel reported that high school students in France staged protests at more than 300 schools, protesting against a number of problems in the field of education.

“Today, at least 10 employees of the Ministry of Education and several students were injured, in particular as a result of shots from (pyrotechnic – ed.) mortars... There is no justification for such violence,” Geffre wrote on his page on the social network.

The head of the French Ministry of Education highlighted several incidents, in particular, the beating of a teacher in the Nord department in the north of the country and the wounding of the director of a lyceum by a shot from a fireworks launcher in the Hauts-de-Seine department in the suburbs of Paris. According to the minister, in Toulouse, several department employees became victims of attacks during protests.