NEW HIGH SCHOOL BLOCKADES TO BEGIN ACROSS FRANCE TOMORROW

PARIS, NOVEMBER 1 /SRNA/ - Pierre Sourzat, leader of the "Lycéens" student union, said that blockades of high schools across France would resume tomorrow, adding that the government's proposals were insufficient.

He added that some high schools would be blocked starting tomorrow, when students return from a two-week break.

"It will be more significant from Tuesday, but we know that some schools will be blocked as early as tomorrow," he told RMC.

The government had previously announced a series of measures aimed at addressing the demands of student protesters, including changes to the university admissions platform and the provision of loans for school renovations.

Students said the proposals did not go far enough.

French President Emmanuel Macron called for classes to resume after the government announced new measures to address the ongoing education crisis, which student groups considered insufficient. He added that "young people have been heard."

Sourzat said that this was not enough and that the measures were merely superficial.

"There is a little shine on the surface, but when you scratch beneath it, there is nothing," he said.

Sourzat said that the proposed revision of the university admissions platform, which has long been criticized for its lack of transparency, had failed to address the shortage of places in higher education, AFP reported.

He also rejected the government's plan to reduce class sizes as insufficient, noting that it would apply only to 10th-grade classes.

"We called for it to apply to all grades," he said.

Several hundred thousand people, including high school and university students, took to the streets across France yesterday for the third consecutive weekend of protests.

The French protest movement against rising prices emerged from demonstrations by high school students protesting deteriorating learning conditions and inequality.