France's education minister, Edouard Geffray, has declined to alter the schedule for the baccalauréat despite the student mobilization, according to Le Monde.fr. The minister's position is that the exam calendar will stay as planned, even though pupils have lost teaching hours because of the movement, BFM reports.
The decision comes as lycée students have been pressing for changes to the exam timetable. In an exchange with readers, Geffray defended his stance, telling Le Parisien that tinkering with the bac is "not a good idea."
Le Monde.fr also reports that the return from school holidays brought renewed blockades, with tensions rising. Separately, franceinfo reports a fresh call for a strike in the national education system on Tuesday.
The material available does not specify the exact number of hours lost, the precise demands of the student groups, or the details of the strike call. What is clear is that the minister has ruled out adjusting the exam calendar in response to the disruption.
The dispute now sits between a ministry unwilling to move the bac dates and a student movement that has continued into the post-holiday period. Watch whether Tuesday's strike call gains traction and whether the blockades reported by Le Monde.fr intensify in the coming days.
