The mobilization of high school students continued on Tuesday in several schools in Mayotte, a French overseas territory in the Indian Ocean. In Kaweni, students at the **Lycée des Lumières** were able to express their demands within the school premises, while the situation was more tense around the polyvalent high school, where clashes occurred between young people and law enforcement. Incidents were also reported in Chirongui, while the Sada high school remained closed.
Two very different atmospheres prevailed in the high schools of Kaweni on Tuesday. At the **Lycée des Lumières**, the mobilization had been prepared in advance with the school administration. The students' demands had been recorded during a student council meeting, and the principal had given his approval for their expression, with one condition: that the demonstration remain within the school grounds. The aim was to prevent students not affiliated with the school from joining the movement and to prevent the mobilization from escalating. The students therefore demonstrated within the school, accompanied notably by representatives from the CGT and FSU trade unions.
As a precaution, the administration asked everyone to leave the school by 10 a.m. Wednesday will be a regular day, with notably a general meeting and meetings between teachers and trade union representatives to reflect on the future of the movement.
Behind the mobilization are very concrete demands regarding schooling conditions. At the **Lycée des Lumières**, students and teachers denounce notably the state of the restrooms and some buildings, the effects of the Chido cyclone are still visible, but also the lack of classrooms and teachers, especially in history and geography.
The school must also deal with excessive student numbers. An organization has been put in place to ensure that all students are not present at the same time, but it remains insufficient according to a teacher and trade union representative interviewed on Tuesday.
The issue of school transportation also crystallizes dissatisfaction. Some students are picked up by their bus as early as 5 a.m. or 5:30 a.m. and, after classes end at 5 p.m., sometimes return home only around 8 p.m. This timeframe seriously complicates personal work at home. Among the solutions discussed is a better distribution of bus rotations throughout the day.
Around the polyvalent high school in Kaweni, the situation was much more tense. Violent confrontations occurred between young people and law enforcement, who used tear gas grenades.
According to the information gathered, some of the troublemakers would be unenrolled youth from the neighborhood who joined the student mobilization. An intrusion also occurred in the school around 2 p.m., leading to its evacuation.
In the absence of a response from the police and the regional education office on Tuesday evening, no official report of these incidents could be provided at the time of writing.
Tensions also erupted in Chirongui between young people and law enforcement. Parents mobilized to try to restore calm and even questioned one of the involved youths before handing him over to the gendarmerie.
They say they support their children's demands regarding schooling conditions but reject violence and deplore that young people not connected to the student demands are exploiting the movement to commit acts of violence.
In Sada, caution led to a more radical decision: the school remained completely closed after the circulation of particularly violent messages including death threats targeting certain students. Their origin and context remained unknown on Tuesday evening.
Finally, in Petite-Terre, the mobilization continued without any reported violence according to the information available.
Student Mobilizations and Clashes Reported in Mayotte High Schools
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