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IN PHOTOS: Students protest across France over school grievances; clashes with police reported
Updated On: 01 October, 2026 08:31 PM IST | Samuel Dsouza
Since late September, students have staged protests outside schools over grievances ranging from timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers to overheated classrooms during this year's heatwaves. The protests began in the Ile-de-France region around Paris but have now spread to other cities across France. (PICS/AFP)
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Students burn barriers during a blockade at the Couffignal Secondary School in Strasbourg, eastern France. Pic/AFP
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Trash bins are set on fire in front of the Lycée des Menuts Secondary School during a student protest in Bordeaux, south-western France
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Highschool students gesture with a fire going on in the background as they take part in a demonstration near the Lycee Deodat High School, in Toulouse, south-western France
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Students run from tear gas during the ongoing student protest action in Lyon, central eastern France
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A police officer holds onto a tear gas grenade during the ongoing student protest, in Lyon
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Anti-riot police face off with protesting students carrying out blockading action at the Lycee Kerichen Secondary School, in Brest in western France
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Tear gas fills the air as anti-riot police face off with protesting students carrying out blockading action at the Lycée Kerichen Secondary School, in Brest, western France.
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