🇫🇷 BBC: Hundreds of thousands of students and teachers joined protests across France against a shortage of staff, overcrowded classrooms and deteriorating conditions in secondary schools.

🇫🇷 BBC: Hundreds of thousands of students and teachers joined protests across France against a shortage of staff, overcrowded classrooms and deteriorating conditions in secondary schools.

Nearly 7,000 people were arrested, more than 85% of them minors, while over 700 police officers and at least 200 students were injured amid the unrest surrounding the protests.

The French government has promised to recruit 3,000 more substitute teachers, with Prime Minister Sebastien LeCorneau expected to present a wider program by the end of October.