More than 400 schools in France to be closed on Monday as more protests planned
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Lessons will be fully or partly suspended at 400-500 French high schools on Monday after student protests, Education Minister Edouard Geffray said.
The demonstrations began at a school in Paris on September 17 and spread nationwide last week, with clashes involving teenagers and security forces.
Students cite teacher absences, long school days and run-down facilities among their grievances.
Geffray said 78 education staff members had been injured since the protests began.
Organisers called for demonstrations on Tuesday, saying the government had not taken «concrete measures».
A 16-year-old was detained Sunday over an alleged assault on a 59-year-old teacher in La Ciotat, where the teacher was doused with gasoline and struck Friday.
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