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Weary, demoralised and increasingly precarious students demonstrate in Paris to demand a return to face-to-face teaching in universities, in spite of the Covid-19 crisis. For the time being, only first-year students will be permitted to attend classroom tutorials, from January 25 but in half-groups. French president Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to speak to students on Thursday at the Paris Saclay faculty. IMAGES
Police are present near Sciences Po, after the Prefecture of Police banned a rally, called by the 'Urgence Palestine' collective, in front of the prestigious French university. Sciences Po is accused of allowing anti-semitism to flourish against a backdrop of pro-Gaza protests. IMAGES
Over 1,600 teachers and high school students are demonstrating in the streets of Marseille, south of France, according to police figures. French teachers are striking across the country demanding better pay and work conditions, after being "inflammed" by Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera's comments. IMAGES
"I passed my baccalaureate!" shout some students as they run through the courtyard of the Lycée Voltaire in Paris, while others jump into each other's arms as they discover the results posted on the school's notice boards. IMAGES
At the Lycée Lavoisier in central Paris, students begin the philosophy test, which has lost some of its importance with the reform of the baccalaureat, with many of them already assured of their diploma. IMAGES
Students block the entrance to the Sorbonne University in the 5th arrondissement in Paris with rubbish bins as France enters 11th day of protest after pension deadlock. IMAGES