We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development Live: Up to 500 schools to shut in France as student protests continue Students gather during a blockade at the Lycée Jules Ferry in Paris, France, on October 1st, 2026. © Urman Lionel, Up to 500 schools are expected to close across France on Monday as student protests continue, according to the country's Education Minister Édouard Geffray. The protests over high teacher absence rates, overlong school days and dilapidated facilities began at a Paris school on September 17 but grew into a nationwide movement last week. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Up to 500 schools across France will be totally or partly closed on Monday because of a wave of student protests that has shaken the country, the education minister said. Lessons will be "totally or partly suspended" in some "400-500" high schools as the security conditions "have not been fulfilled", said Education Minister Édouard Geffray on Sunday, adding that 24 schools had been "burned or ransacked" since the start of the movement. Hundreds of schools to shut Monday as France braces for more student protests France braces for day of strikes and protests over civil servants' pay 1. 1 ## Hundreds of French schools remain closed as riot police clash with student protesters France 2. 2 ## UAE investigators say Omani Flydubai co-pilot was planning 'terrorist' attack Middle East 3. 3 ## Ethiopia's Tigray rebels abandon regional capital Mekelle as government forces enter city Africa 4. 4 ## Russia strikes another Kyiv bridge, deepening travel chaos in Ukraine's capital Europe 5. 5 ## Italy’s Ustica enigma: Can French files solve mystery crash blamed on stray missile?
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