- More than 80,000 students, teachers and parents have taken to the streets across France to protest against acute staff shortages and deteriorating school buildings.
- Protesters blockaded hundreds of institutions, with the Ministry of Education confirming lessons were fully or partially disrupted in 891 out of 3,700 high schools nationwide.
- Violent demonstrations broke out in major cities such as Lyon and Strasbourg.
- Protesters lit street fires and threw projectiles at riot police who forcefully tackled crowds.
- A 15-year-old student lost their hand on Monday after picking up a stun grenade deployed by police during a violent clash.
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