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Restored progressively as supply becomes available and repairs and safety checks are completed. Our restoration target remains on Monday, the 5th of October. And finally, over 5,000 people have been arrested in France following protests over education standards in that country. The protests began last week in the capital of Paris and have since spread to other parts of the country. Since then, hundreds of schools have been closed.

Due to these protest actions, students are complaining about the country's education system and say schools are under-resourced. Meanwhile, African News and Euronews journalists had this to say about the incidents. For instance, the overcrowding in classrooms. Technically, in France, students should be like between 20 to 25 on average in each and every classroom. But you find that at the moment in France, we have some classes even existing.