French high school blockades resume on a smaller scale as students return from break

Summary

French high school student blockades were set to restart on Monday, November 2, after a two-week break, according to student groups. The head of a student union said on Sunday that blockades throughout France would resume that day, and The Straits Times reported that some high schools would be blockaded from that date. Student protests did resume on Monday, but on a much smaller scale than in past weeks, with pupils trying to blockade a few high schools in Paris, Marseille and Rennes, according to French media. President Emmanuel Macron has called for classes to resume after the government announced new measures to address the education crisis, which student groups found insufficient. RFI reports that France is bracing for another week of protests ahead of a nationwide day of strikes and protests on Thursday. Channel NewsAsia reports that the wider protest movement against soaring prices grew out of weeks of high school student demonstrations over deteriorating learning conditions and inequality.

Timeline

1. Channel NewsAsia

   1 Nov 2026, 11:22 UTCSource ↗

   Channel NewsAsia reports that French school blockades will restart from Monday according to a student group, and that the anti-price-rise protest movement emerged from weeks of high school student demonstrations over learning conditions and inequality.

2. The Hindu

   1 Nov 2026, 12:49 UTCSource ↗

   The Hindu reports that a student group says French school blockades will restart from Monday, and that the protest movement against soaring prices emerged from weeks of high school demonstrations over learning conditions and inequality.

3. The Straits Times

   1 Nov 2026, 14:05 UTCSource ↗

   The Straits Times reports that some high schools in France will be blockaded from November 2, according to a student group.

4. France 24

   1 Nov 2026, 14:31 UTCSource ↗

   France 24 reports that the head of a student union said on Sunday that high school blockades throughout France would restart on Monday, and that Macron has called for classes to resume after the government announced new measures that student groups found insufficient.

5. RFI

   2 Nov 2026, 07:09 UTCSource ↗

   RFI reports that the head of a student group said a campaign of high school blockades would restart Monday, ahead of a nationwide day of strikes and protests on Thursday.

6. The Straits Times

   2 Nov 2026, 08:47 UTCSource ↗

   The Straits Times reports that high school protests resumed on Monday on a much smaller scale than in past weeks as pupils returned from a two-week break, with youngsters trying to blockade a few high schools in Paris, Marseille and Rennes, according to French media.