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French teachers show anger at school reforms
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January 13, 2009, Tuesday
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FRENCH teachers hurled shoes and other objects at police yesterday to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's high school reforms. Police responded with tear gas.
France's leading teachers' unions demonstrated in the western city of Saint-Lo at a cultural center before Sarkozy gave a New Year's address to education officials. Protesters and police exchanged blows, and one store window was smashed. No arrests or injuries were reported.
Major unions refused to attend the president's speech because they oppose the government's education reforms.
Sarkozy's government wants to modernize the education system to make French students better prepared for the job market.
But the government is also seeking to cut costs and bureaucracy across several sectors. The education reform includes changes to high school curricula but also job cuts among administrators and teachers' aides.
Many fear the job losses will lead to overcrowded classes and limit the number of subjects taught in schools.
Protesters booed teachers and officials who arrived for the speech. Attendees had to pass through police barricades. High school students around the country have staged protests over the reforms, prompting the government to delay its implementation.
France's leading teachers' unions demonstrated in the western city of Saint-Lo at a cultural center before Sarkozy gave a New Year's address to education officials. Protesters and police exchanged blows, and one store window was smashed. No arrests or injuries were reported.
Major unions refused to attend the president's speech because they oppose the government's education reforms.
Sarkozy's government wants to modernize the education system to make French students better prepared for the job market.
But the government is also seeking to cut costs and bureaucracy across several sectors. The education reform includes changes to high school curricula but also job cuts among administrators and teachers' aides.
Many fear the job losses will lead to overcrowded classes and limit the number of subjects taught in schools.
Protesters booed teachers and officials who arrived for the speech. Attendees had to pass through police barricades. High school students around the country have staged protests over the reforms, prompting the government to delay its implementation.
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