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Raped, Screamed At, Starved: Abuse Scandal Rocks Over 100 French Schools
Paris prosecutors are now investigating more than 100 cases of alleged abuse, including rape, carried out by school supervisors on children as young as three.
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Paris Probes Child Abuse By Staff At 84 Kindergartens, 20 Primary Schools
Parents in the city have in recent months accused supervisors in charge of children outside the classroom -- such as during recess or before pick-up -- of mistreating, or physically or sexually abusing pupils in their care.
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CBSE's New Language Policy Threatens French Learning In Former French Colony Puducherry?
At stake is more than just a school subject. The 1956 Treaty of Cession between India and France had guaranteed the preservation of French as an official language in Puducherry.
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France Aims To Ban Social Media For Children Under 15 From September: Report
France plans to ban children under 15 from social media sites and to prohibit mobile phones in high schools from September 2026, local media reported on Wednesday, moves that underscore rising public angst over the impact of online harms on minors.
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School Cinema International Film Festival To Screen Global Films In Over 41,000 Indian Schools
Over 40,000 government and 1,000 private schools in India will screen international films during the eighth School Cinema International Film Festival from November 14 to 30.
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French Police Shoot Dead A Man With Machete Near School
French police on Thursday shot and killed a man wielding a machete near a school in the southeastern town of La Seyne-sur-Mer, prosecutors said.
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Over 5,00,000 Protest In France Against Macron's Austerity Policies
French protesters were on Thursday staging a day of nationwide disruption in a show of anger over President Emmanuel Macron's budget policies, with mass protests expected, transport chaos and clashes between police and demonstrators.
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France Registers Second-Warmest June Since Records Began In 1900
France registered its second-warmest June since records began in 1900, said the country's ministry for ecological transition on Wednesday, as Europe swelters under an early summer heatwave.
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Two Dead As France Registers Second-Hottest June On Record
Two people died in France as a result of "heat-related illness", said the minister for ecological transition, as the country registered its second-hottest June since records began in 1900.
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France Shuts Schools, Top Floor Of Eiffel Tower, As Heatwave Grips Europe
Some 1,350 schools will be fully or partially closed due to the heat, up significantly from around 200 on Monday. The top floor of the Eiffel Tower will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, with visitors advised to drink plenty of water.
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French President Emmanuel Macron to Push for Ban on Social Media for Under-15s After School Stabbing
French President Emmanuel Macron said he would push for European Union regulation to ban social media for children under the age of 15. This step is being proposed after a 31-year-old school aide was knifed during a bag search for weapons at a school in eastern France.
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Pupil Stabs To Death Assistant At French School
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday condemned a "senseless wave of violence" after a teaching assistant stabbed by a 15-year-old pupil outside a school in the east of the country died of her wounds.
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From Student-Teacher Love Story To Face-Shoving Video: Macrons In Spotlight
They first met at the Catholic Lycee La Providence, where Brigitte, then 39, was a high school teacher and Emmanuel, 15, was her student.
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Student Kills Classmate, Injures 3 In Knife Attack In France
A student carried out a stabbing spree at a high school in northwestern France on Thursday, killing one classmate and wounding three others, a police source told AFP.
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'Digital Pause': France Pilots Mobile Phone Ban In Schools
Tens of thousands of pupils in France are going through a slightly different return to school this autumn, deprived of their mobile phones.
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Raped, Screamed At, Starved: Abuse Scandal Rocks Over 100 French Schools
Paris prosecutors are now investigating more than 100 cases of alleged abuse, including rape, carried out by school supervisors on children as young as three.
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Paris Probes Child Abuse By Staff At 84 Kindergartens, 20 Primary Schools
Parents in the city have in recent months accused supervisors in charge of children outside the classroom -- such as during recess or before pick-up -- of mistreating, or physically or sexually abusing pupils in their care.
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CBSE's New Language Policy Threatens French Learning In Former French Colony Puducherry?
At stake is more than just a school subject. The 1956 Treaty of Cession between India and France had guaranteed the preservation of French as an official language in Puducherry.
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France Aims To Ban Social Media For Children Under 15 From September: Report
France plans to ban children under 15 from social media sites and to prohibit mobile phones in high schools from September 2026, local media reported on Wednesday, moves that underscore rising public angst over the impact of online harms on minors.
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School Cinema International Film Festival To Screen Global Films In Over 41,000 Indian Schools
Over 40,000 government and 1,000 private schools in India will screen international films during the eighth School Cinema International Film Festival from November 14 to 30.
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French Police Shoot Dead A Man With Machete Near School
French police on Thursday shot and killed a man wielding a machete near a school in the southeastern town of La Seyne-sur-Mer, prosecutors said.
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Over 5,00,000 Protest In France Against Macron's Austerity Policies
French protesters were on Thursday staging a day of nationwide disruption in a show of anger over President Emmanuel Macron's budget policies, with mass protests expected, transport chaos and clashes between police and demonstrators.
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France Registers Second-Warmest June Since Records Began In 1900
France registered its second-warmest June since records began in 1900, said the country's ministry for ecological transition on Wednesday, as Europe swelters under an early summer heatwave.
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Two Dead As France Registers Second-Hottest June On Record
Two people died in France as a result of "heat-related illness", said the minister for ecological transition, as the country registered its second-hottest June since records began in 1900.
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France Shuts Schools, Top Floor Of Eiffel Tower, As Heatwave Grips Europe
Some 1,350 schools will be fully or partially closed due to the heat, up significantly from around 200 on Monday. The top floor of the Eiffel Tower will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, with visitors advised to drink plenty of water.
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French President Emmanuel Macron to Push for Ban on Social Media for Under-15s After School Stabbing
French President Emmanuel Macron said he would push for European Union regulation to ban social media for children under the age of 15. This step is being proposed after a 31-year-old school aide was knifed during a bag search for weapons at a school in eastern France.
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Pupil Stabs To Death Assistant At French School
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday condemned a "senseless wave of violence" after a teaching assistant stabbed by a 15-year-old pupil outside a school in the east of the country died of her wounds.
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From Student-Teacher Love Story To Face-Shoving Video: Macrons In Spotlight
They first met at the Catholic Lycee La Providence, where Brigitte, then 39, was a high school teacher and Emmanuel, 15, was her student.
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Student Kills Classmate, Injures 3 In Knife Attack In France
A student carried out a stabbing spree at a high school in northwestern France on Thursday, killing one classmate and wounding three others, a police source told AFP.
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'Digital Pause': France Pilots Mobile Phone Ban In Schools
Tens of thousands of pupils in France are going through a slightly different return to school this autumn, deprived of their mobile phones.
