France scrambles to deploy supply teachers, but will it be enough to quell student anger?

Home Shows A week in France To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: A WEEK IN FRANCE © FRANCE 24 11:30 Issued on: 12/10/2026 - 12:08Modified: 12/10/2026 - 12:11 From the show Student unions in France are hailing what they see as a major concession from the French government after more than two weeks of often violent nationwide student protests: the urgent deployment of some 3,000 supply teachers to schools with the greatest staffing needs. But where exactly are these teachers coming from? And will the move be enough to quell fresh protests, especially amid a renewed debate about overzealous policing tactics? Also in this edition: Among French students' most pressing demands are repairing dilapidated school buildings and increasing teachers' wages, which are among the lowest in the eurozone. But all that would cost money the French government is reluctant to spend. French debt currently sits at 120 percent the size of the economy, while the budget deficit is 5.4 p...