Chile student protesters occupy high schools
Students want education system taken back from private sector and made affordable to poorer families
EmailHundreds of students have occupied high schools and blocked traffic inChile's capital to demand education reform. Police in riot gear evicted students from several schools but at least seven remained occupied on Wednesday.
The changes sought by students who have been protesting and boycotting classes all week would fundamentally overhaul a school system that has been privatised since the 1973-90 dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.
Mass demonstrations initially raised expectations for profound changes but more than a year after the first protests few students have seen any