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20 education staff injured in one day of French student protests
France’s education minister said 20 school staff were injured Monday during student protests.
The injuries bring the reported total to more than 100 education staff hurt since the nationwide protests began.
The protests involve high school students across France, and the Education Ministry said violence intensified on Monday.
Minister Édouard Geffray said staff were injured while trying to keep schools open and protect students’ ability to learn.
A teachers’ union has condemned violence against both staff and students.
No next steps were specified in the minister’s comments.
France’s education minister said 20 Education Ministry staff were injured during student protests on Monday.
Minister Édouard Geffray said more than 100 education staff had been injured since the nationwide protests began.
He made the Monday injury count in an interview with France Inter on Tuesday, October 13.
The ministry had reported an intensification of violence on Monday.
Geffray said staff were injured while protecting students’ ability to continue learning and express themselves within the law.
- Who
- Twenty Education Ministry staff were injured, according to Education Minister Édouard Geffray.
- What
- Staff were injured during student protests. More than 100 staff have been injured since the protests began.
- When
- Monday; Geffray reported the figure on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
- Where
- France; the protests were described as taking place nationwide.
- Why
- Geffray said staff were injured while protecting students’ ability to continue classes and learn.
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Geffray said the number of education staff injured since the nationwide student protests began had passed 100.
The ministry noted an intensification of violence, and 20 education staff were injured during the protests.
Geffray told France Inter that 20 staff had been injured on Monday.
- Injured staff on Monday
- 20
- Injured staff since protests began
- More than 100
- Minister
- Édouard Geffray
- Interview outlet
- France Inter
- Report date
- October 13, 2026
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