Students rally turns into clashes with police in Athens

On Monday morning, more than 1,500 students who had previously gathered at the Propylaea of ​​the University of Athens where a concert was held moved through Pesmazoglou and Stadiou streets to Syntagma Square and the Parliament.

Students with banners and chanting slogans were calling for the so-called "Gavroglou" bill to be shelved, which, as they say, deprives them of the right to education, sends them to prep schools, while leading to dismissal of teachers.

Moreover, with Mr. Gavroglou and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras as recipients, the Athens Students Coordination Committee warn of escalating the mobilizations in view of the submission of the new high school bill.

In its call for the current mobilization, the students' Committee notes, among other things: "Neither should the government and its colleagues think of tesndering and voting on their unacceptable bill by which we will have to take more tests.

They abolish in school examinations and basically make us take two national test...

They are building a school that, especially with this law, will deprive us of the right to learn what is useful for our lives and treats us as average scores. "

In the meantime, in addition to the demonstration, tension was created around Syntagma square between a group of students, that left the mass of the protesters, and police forces.