Jacmel: students from Pinchinat and Célie Lamour high schools take to the streets to demand teachers

Students from Pinchinat and Célie Lamour high schools demonstrated on Monday, November 9, 2026, in the streets of Jacmel to demand the return of teachers to classrooms after three weeks of strike.

Armed with placards, the protesters marched through Barranquilla Avenue and Saint-Cyr Street before heading to the Departmental Education Directorate of South-East. On their placards, one could read among other messages: “Nou mande pwofesè,” “Lise se lekòl menm jan ak tout lekòl” and “Si mande pwofesè se vagabondaj, nou fyè.”

The presid