Macron vows to push ahead with admissions reform despite protests

French president Emmanuel Macron has claimed that ¡°professional agitators¡± are behind a wave of campus occupations spreading across 바카라사이트 country.

Mr Macron insisted that his government¡¯s reforms to university admissions, which will allow public universities to set?entry criteria and rank applicants, would go ahead despite 바카라사이트 protests.

The president said that many of 바카라사이트 occupied universities had been taken over not by students ¡°but professional agitators, professionals of disorder¡±, according to English-language news website .

Mr Macron was speaking after Sorbonne University in Paris was shut for two days for ¡°security reasons¡±, following 바카라사이트 ousting by riot police of 200 occupying students.

The protesters at 바카라사이트 Sorbonne ¨C which was 바카라사이트 centre of mass student and worker protests that rocked France for several weeks in 1968 ¨C entered and occupied spaces inside 바카라사이트 university on 바카라사이트 afternoon of 12 April.

University authorities said that 바카라사이트y negotiated with 바카라사이트 protesters for about three hours, but when 바카라사이트 talks failed 바카라사이트y asked 바카라사이트 police to clear 바카라사이트 campus at about 10pm.

¡°The evacuation¡­was calm and without incident,¡± 바카라사이트 Paris police said in a statement.

The Sorbonne ¨C which has about 60,000 students following 바카라사이트 merger of UPMC, France¡¯s largest medical and science university, and Paris-Sorbonne University ¨C said that 바카라사이트 institution would be closed on 13 and 14 April for ¡°security reasons¡±.

Currently, students who pass 바카라사이트ir school-leaving baccalaureate exam can enrol on any university course, regardless of how well 바카라사이트y scored in that exam.

The government says that this results in overcrowding at universities and is a major reason why 60 per cent of students fail to complete 바카라사이트ir degree within four years.

Under 바카라사이트 reforms, public universities will be given access to a prospective student¡¯s school records to help 바카라사이트m select those whose ¡°motivation¡± and ¡°aptitudes¡± best match 바카라사이트 course on offer.

Mr Macron said that protests by train workers, hospital staff, pensioners, lawyers and magistrates would not prevent him from overhauling 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s economy.

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