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The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Unions urge teachers to strike as French school exams go ahead in up to 40C heat

A young girl points at a banner hanging on a school window that says  '35C in the classrooms, too hot. Work needs to be done quickly' as people walk past on the street
Children walk past a school in Paris this week with a banner complaining about the heat in the classrooms. Photograph: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty Images

Teachers in France are risking their own and students’ health in overheated schools as a severe heatwave sets new record temperatures, education unions said, urging staff to strike over “unacceptable working conditions”.

Several teaching unions on Thursday issued a joint statement denouncing a “blatant lack of preparation” by the government, after teachers have had to work in classrooms where temperatures reached up to 40C.

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