School protests in France continue - minister to meet students

France's Education Minister Édouard Geffray has invited the three largest high school student associations to new talks at the ministry later on Thursday, writes The Guardian.

The meeting comes after a recent opinion poll showed that the French largely support the protests and agree with the students' demands. Over half support the demonstrations, but are divided on whether the protests should continue.

Hundreds of schools closed

224 secondary and upper secondary schools are still closed on Thursday due to the protests, writes France 24 with reference to France's Ministry of Education. Around 150 schools have been able to resume teaching again, according to the ministry.

For several weeks, discontent among France's high school students has grown, in what is described as an unusually large wave of protest against a lack of resources in the country's schools.