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Hundreds of schools to shut Monday as France braces for more student protests

The protests have shaken France
The sometimes violent protests at schools across France have shaken the country. © Fred Tanneau, AFP

France's education minister said lessons would be "totally or partly suspended" at up to 500 high schools on Monday after several days of sometimes violent protests against teacher shortages, dilapidated school buildings and overcrowding in classrooms. The minister said 24 schools had been "burned or ransacked" since the start of the protest movement.

Up to 500 schools across France will be totally or partly closed on Monday due to the protests by teenage pupils that have shaken the country, the education minister said.

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