School uniform is common in France's overseas territory of Martinique, but is more unusual in mainland France. Photo by ERIC FEFERBERG / AFP France's education minister has announced that he wants ...

Earlier this month, French Education Minister Gabriel Attal released a guide to help local authorities experiment with his plan to enforce school uniforms throughout the country. While he has ...

France will introduce mandatory uniforms in some schools as part of a clampdown on bad behaviour and falling educational standards. Gabriel Attal, the education minister, also promised to toughen ...

Gleaming with pride, Laurent Wauquiez, president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional council in southeast France, announced that these are prototypes of school uniforms to be rolled out in five ...

Brigitte Macron has said she's in favour of school uniforms -- as long as they aren't 'too drab' AFP France's first lady Brigitte Macron has waded into a contentious debate over school uniforms ...

If the French government has its way, children could soon be going to school in uniform blue sweaters and grey pants as part of President Emmanuel Macron's campaign to make education more equal ...

Uniforms have never been required in state schools in mainland France. But President Emmanuel Macron last month announced a uniform trial at around 100 schools, with a view to making them ...

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Rather, they date from the establishment of the formal education system in the 1870s, when Japan looked to Germany, France and Britain for ideas. Interest in school uniform is strong in Japan, he adds ...