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Hundreds of French secondary schools have closed as student protests over crumbling facilities and teacher shortages spread nationwide. Education Minister Edouard Geffray said 400-500 of the country's 3,700 schools could be fully or partially shut on Monday, with 24 schools burned or ransacked and 78 teachers injured since the unrest began. Student unions have called a national day of protest for Tuesday.
Teachers in Libya have turned pay protests into an open-ended strike at public schools, halting the national school year. Other unions have threatened to join unless the government negotiates over the cost-of-living crisis, while Tripoli weighs a unified pay system that would require lengthy approvals.
Over 34,000 Cambodians remain in evacuation camps after border clashes with Thailand. Children bear the heaviest toll, with rising dropout rates and psychological distress due to war. A fragile ceasefire since December 27 has not allowed life to return to normal.
