Thousands of students protest government reforms in Spain

Thousands of students have poured into the streets of the Spanish capital, Madrid, and the city of Barcelona to protest against planned government education reforms.

The students staged the rallies on Thursday to show their anger at a new plan of the Education Ministry – known as the 3+2 Decree – that will reduce the duration of undergraduate studies from four years to three years while extending the duration of master’s programs from one year to two years.

The demonstrators called for the resignation of Education Minister José Ignacio Wert Ortega, and the cancellation of the government plan .... http://www.presstv.ir