India, Oct. 8 -- Student protests in France are growing violent as riot police forces continue to use dangerous weaponry to curb the agitation while government critics and human rights campaigners condemn the use of unnecessary violence seen in police arrests and tactics so far.

The past two weeks have seen violent protests by high-school students and teachers' unions across Paris and several parts of France as public frustration over dilapidated schools, teacher shortages and dips in education quality fuels anger on the streets.

Despite heavy police crackdowns, the agitation shows no sign of easing out anytime soon with more than 500 schools closed every day after demonstrations swept across the country, and unions representing high-sc...