France is taking no chances for the new school year as reports indicate that they will deploy about 3,000 reserve troops, train school authorities and ramp up school anti-terror drills in case of attacks, its education and security ministers announced on Wednesday, a week before the start of a new academic year. The French government has heightened
security across the country following a series on Islamist militant attacks since January last year that has left people on the edge, with schools a feared target. About 12 million students are expected to head back to school across France from on Sept. 1. “The threat is high, it is real,” Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, said during a joint news conference in Paris with security minister Bernard Cazeneuve. CONTINUE
