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French high school and university students call for new blockades and marches on Thursday, October 8, with the support of several teaching unions, to demand more funding, additional 250,000 university places and the end of selection through Parcoursup. The student organizations ask them to meet with the Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu. According to the Ministry of National Education, "224 centres remain fully closed and 151 are partially reopened," of the country's 3,700.
French high school and university students call for new blockades and marches on Thursday, October 8, with the support of several teaching unions, to demand more funding, additional 250,000 university places and the end of selection through Parcoursup. The student organizations ask them to meet with the Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu. According to the Ministry of National Education, "224 centres remain fully closed and 151 are partially reopened," of the country's 3,700.
