# France’s back-to-school challenges: Phones, payslips and pupils

https://mins.news/en/video/42160

- France 24 English, 2026-09-02 14:05 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D44l-cd-Yqk

> Most of France’s 11.6 million pupils have moved past the nerves of the first school day, but this year’s rentrée is bringing several challenges: phone bans, concerns about sexual abuse, teachers’ pay and 161,000 fewer students linked to the country’s declining birthrate.

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