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Tens of thousands of teachers from all over Poland protested in Warsaw on Saturday against education reforms proposed by the right-wing government that critics say could see thousands of jobs slashed. The demonstrators are also concerned over proposed changes to the school curriculum, including the inclusion of "patriotic values" espoused by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party.
"I call upon Prime Minister Beata Szydlo and the government not to destroy the assets" of the current education system, said Slawomir Broniarz, head of the main teachers' union. Whistle-blowing demonstrators cheered Broniarz at Warsaw's central Pilsudski Square, shouting slogans such as "No to chaos in schools", "Stop education reforms", and "No to revolution in schools".
The organisers said 50,000 people turned up for the protest but city officials put the number at 30,000. Broniarz called for a "massive social front" to mobilise against the reforms, saying there would be "chaos" if the changes were introduced. "It's more difficult to raise the number of schoolgoing children, it's easier to draft a law," said Jan Skrzypek, an arts teacher, branding the proposal a "political" move.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2016

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