Students push for reforms as protests escalate with 76,500 contributions gathered, highlighting concerns over school schedules and teacher shortages.
Student movement enters final phase
As the "Act V" of the student movement approached on Tuesday, October 12, the government shared initial results from the consultation platform Agora, which had received 76,500 contributions. Key student concerns identified
The students' priorities included school schedules (71%), the condition of school buildings (51%), and absent teachers (28.5%). The organization of school time and excessively long days were highlighted as major concerns. Protest impact and ongoing tensions
Approximately 1,100 injured individuals and 273 people placed under investigation had accumulated since the beginning of the high school student protest. Tension remained high on Monday, October 12, as the youth continued to apply pressure and prepared the "Act V" of the movement with a new nationwide strike day. Strike supported by broad coalition
This strike was supported by a broad inter-union coalition. The ministry intended to assign 3,000 substitute teachers per establishment, not by subject, allowing a math teacher to replace a French teacher. Union criticizes substitute teacher plan
The union SNES-FSU condemned this method as unsustainable, pointing out that the pool of available substitute teachers was already exhausted.