Police intervention against high school students protesting in Paris

According to local media reports, while sieges were continuing in dozens of high schools in the country demanding better educational conditions, the police prevented students who were blocking the front of a school in Paris with garbage bins.

The police chased the students in the alleys around the school and intervened with tear gas.

While the French Ministry of National Education announced the number of high schools under siege today as 31, education unions claim that this figure is higher.

High school students in France have been organizing protests since September 17, demanding improvements in educational conditions, providing more opportunities for their schools and increasing the number of teachers.

The protests, which had diminished during the negotiation process between the government and high school unions and their representatives, were revived on November 4 after the government's commitments to the education sector were found to be insufficient.

Education workers went on strike on November 5, and while approximately one-third of higher education institutions were affected by the strike, education was suspended in dozens of high schools due to the siege action of students.

While the police intervention in the protests, which continued for more than 1.5 months, supported by university students and unions, caused controversy, 8 thousand people were detained.