
The Minister of National Education Édouard Geffray announced the assignment of 3,000 replacement teachers to high schools where the situation requires it, while more than 130,000 demonstrators were recorded by the CGT during a student mobilization, with 504 arrests and nearly 50 injured among the police.
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High school and student mobilizations are taking place in France to denounce the lack of teachers and educational conditions, in a context of criticism of the government's educational policy.
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• Direct Mobilization of high school students: “3,000 replacement teachers” will be assigned “in the coming hours”, the High School association! welcomes a “first concrete announcement”
However, “we are not entirely satisfied with this emergency plan”. “What we would like is really a teacher in front of each student,” insists its president Pierre Sourzat, on franceinfo.
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No fewer than “3,000 replacement teachers” will be assigned from this Friday, October 9 in high schools where the situation requires it. Software will "identify establishments which are in (...) very problematic situations", explained the Minister of National Education Edouard Geffray. The High School Association! welcomes a “first concrete announcement” but “we are not entirely satisfied”. Follow our live stream.
“A hypocritical indictment against ten years of educational macronism”, tackles Paul Vannier. In a message on
A new day of mobilization planned for Tuesday. The student and professional inter-union is calling for a new day of mobilization and strike, Tuesday October 13. “As long as we don’t have 10 billion on the table, we will continue to mobilize,” said Sabrine Kharbach, spokesperson for the Student Union.
High school students and students demonstrated once again. More than 130,000 demonstrators were counted in France by the CGT on Thursday. The Ministry of the Interior, for its part, counted 71,500 people in the streets, including 24,500 in Paris. On Tuesday, the demonstrations brought together between 266,000 and 450,000 people across France.
More than 500 arrests. In total, 504 people were arrested on Thursday, announced the Ministry of the Interior, which noted "an increase in urban violence". Nearly 50 police officers and gendarmes were also injured.
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• #HIGH SCHOOLS No less than “3,000 replacement teachers” will be assigned from today to high schools where the situation requires it. Furthermore, the Minister of Education will "authorize rectors to recruit more than what is authorized", which will represent "a few hundred" additional teachers.
• #LYCEES More than 130,000 demonstrators were counted by the CGT during the mobilization for high school students yesterday in France, while the Ministry of the Interior counted 71,500 people. The student union is calling for a new day of demonstrations and strikes on Tuesday.
• #PRESIDENTIAL The Horizons presidential candidate, Edouard Philippe, was the guest of the first issue of "L'Heure de vérité", on France 2. Here is the recap of his main positions, from pension reform to the overhaul of the family allowance system, including the promotion of "proud identity".
• #ADENOT After a historic eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), French astronaut Sophie Adenot is back on Earth alongside American astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway and Russian cosmonaut Andreï Fediaïev.
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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
A new day of student mobilization will take place on Tuesday October 13 as announced by the inter-union.
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The number of protesters on the next day of mobilization will likely be similar to or higher than the previous Thursday.
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The Minister of National Education, Edouard Geffray, announced the deployment of 3,024 replacement teachers in the most critical high schools, identified using new software.

Fifteen days after the start of the high school movement, the Minister of National Education Édouard Geffray announced the sending of several thousand replacement teachers to the establishments most affected by absences, while an incident at the Belfort high school involving a firework mortar resulted in a right of withdrawal for teachers and an investigation into violence in a school establishment.
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