
The Chairman of the Lyceum Trade Union Association called for protests
The chairman of the Lyceum Union Association, Riyad Rani, called for a lockdown of schools in France on Wednesday and demonstrations on Thursday over learning conditions.
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On Tuesday, mass demonstrations by high school students and students took place in French cities, accompanied by clashes with police.
The chairman of the Lyceum Union Association, Riyad Rani, called for school lockdowns in France on Wednesday, October 7, and for a new wave of student demonstrations on Thursday, October 8.
Students' unions are demanding the French government provide adequate learning conditions.
On Tuesday, mass demonstrations by high school students and students took place in a number of French cities, accompanied by riots and clashes with the police.
PARIS, Oct 7 - RIA Novosti. The chairman of the Union Syndicale Lycéenne, Riyad Rani, called for another school lockdown on Wednesday and a new wave of student demonstrations in France on Thursday, October 8.
According to Rani, quoted by France info, the union calls on students to take to the streets of Paris and other French cities again on Thursday, October 8, and to continue blocking schools on Wednesday, October 7.
“I refuse to choose between having a teacher in front of every classroom or a ceiling that won’t collapse on the student or teacher,” he said.
The students' union hopes that the French government will respond to all their demands: an address by Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu on the situation in schools is planned for Wednesday evening.
“We are not asking for luxury, but only proper conditions so that we can study,” emphasized the chairman of the association.
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