Mobilization of high school students and students: the movement spreads in France with 15 faculties blocked

The mobilization of high school students continues Thursday, October 1. Started a week ago in Île-de-France to protest against the overcrowding of classes and the absence of teachers, it has spread to several regions. Some gatherings were marked on Wednesday by clashes with the police. And on Thursday, the protest also spread to universities. According to an updated count sent Thursday by the Student Union union, fifteen faculties were blocked at 8 a.m. in France

On Wednesday alone, 625 people were arrested and 83 police officers and gendarmes injured. The government announces the upcoming opening of a “consultation platform” so that high school students can share their “concerns” and their “claims”.

Île-de-France

In Paris, the universities affected by the movement are Paris Cité, Grands Moulins campus, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and La Chapelle. The universities of Nanterre, Poitiers and Gustave-Eiffel in Seine-et-Marne also joined.

Symbol of high school anger, the Paul-Éluard high school, located in Saint-Denis, in Seine-Saint-Denis, is closed on Thursday, reports a France Inter journalist present near the establishment.

Brittany and Pays de Loire

On the university side, Sciences Po Rennes and Rennes 1 are mobilized. Mobilizations reported in high schools in Nantes.

Hauts-de-France

In the North, the tension does not subside in Haubourdin, near Lille. According to ICI Nord, significant damage was noted and municipal buildings were ransacked.

Consequence: Beaupré high school remains closed Thursday and Friday. The two schools located nearby will also be closed for the next two days.

Lille 2 University is participating in the movement.

Normandy

On the university side, Rouen is participating in the mobilization.

In Calvados, the prefecture warns that drones will be deployed on Thursday to monitor possible excesses in front of or near educational establishments, indicates ICI Normandie. This will involve aerial surveillance with recording and transmission of images, operational until 7 p.m. The prefecture does not indicate the names of the high schools monitored, but specifies that three towns are affected by this system: Caen, Hérouville-Saint-Clair and Mondeville, as well as the CIFAC (Calvados Interprofessional Craft Training Center) located near the CHU.

Mobilizations also reported in Orne.

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

On the university side, Lyon 2 and Lyon 3 are mobilized.

On the high school side, “half a dozen establishments are concerned”, specifies in particular on ICI Drôme Ardèche Benoît Trévisani, the prefect of Ardèche. “We started on Tuesday, there were two establishments. We have a little more today,” he adds. “We must ensure the continuity of the proper functioning of high schools with the safety of students and staff. And of course, I will not tolerate any degradation or violence on public roads,” added the prefect of Ardèche.

Classes were also disrupted on Thursday in Périgueux, according to ICI Périgord, where filter barriers were set up in front of the Bertrand-de-Born high school.

New Aquitaine

High school students are also mobilized this Thursday in front of several establishments in the Basque Country, in Bayonne, Anglet and Biarritz, according to ICI Pays Basque. The movement is also gaining momentum in Puy-de-Dôme and Allier, in Auvergne, where high schools are now blocked in Clermont-Ferrand and Montluçon, in addition to the blockages already in place in Issoire and Chamalières since the start of the week.

Great East

On the university side, students from the Strasbourg faculty are mobilized on the main campus.

On the high school side, mobilizations reported in Strasbourg and Mulhouse.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Occitanie

On the university side, students from Paul-Valéry in Montpellier and Aix-Marseille are mobilized.

Mobilizations also reported in high schools in Perpignan.