Students and educators in France oppose integration of national service into high schools
Last week, Secretary of State for Youth Sarah El Haïry and the General National Service confirmed plans to start the voluntary national service for high school students by March 2024 by organizing 12-day cohesion camps for training during school time
Following historic strike by French educators, government comes to the negotiating table
Thousands of teachers and education sector staff struck work across France on January 13 against the French government’s erratic rules regarding testing at schools. They also sought better safety measures and working conditions
French teachers go on national strike
French teachers went on strike demanding effective safety measures in school amid a fresh spike in COVID-19 cases. A key demand was recruitment so that there would be more classes with fewer students in each
French teachers holds strike demanding safety measures in schools
Teachers and students across France are outraged at the government’s failure to provide safety arrangements in overcrowded schools across the country in the wake of a fresh spike in COVID-19 cases
Education unions oppose French government’s reopening strategy
Basile Ackermann of the French education union CGT Educ’Action talks about the government’s flawed strategy to reopen schools.
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