FRANCE is bracing for the worst day yet of student riots following a week of carnage which left 190 pupils injured and 5,000 people arrested.
Buildings were as teens clashed with cops during spiralling demonstrations over school conditions.
Organisers expect today to be the “biggest” yet – with French media reporting up to .
The first wave of protests are set to take place from about 10am local time.
Shocking footage has already shown armed riot police pushing protesters away from a road barricade in the French capital.
Protesters were seen locking their arms to form a wall while setting up bins and rubbish to blockade the street.
Yesterday authorities said 5,060 people had been arrested so far.
Of those detained, 4,406 were children and 654 were adults.
Cops said: “Faced with these unacceptable acts, the judicial authorities are fully mobilised to provide a swift and firm criminal response to those responsible.”
The violence appeared to escalate to new heights on Monday as one student had his hand blown off by an explosive.
The mayor of Saint-Denis, one of the worst affected neighbourhoods five miles from central Paris, said he was “worried” about what could unfold today.
Bally Bagayoko told French radio network RTL: “The urgent need today is for de-escalation.”
The latest round of demonstrations come after organisers called for a nationwide day of action to support further school investment.
The Union Syndicale Lycéenne (USL), a major organiser of the protests, blasted the “political deadlock and what we describe as unprecedented repression of the movement”.
This morning, protest bosses said more than 50 universities were blocked and 90 per cent were disrupted.
Waves of demonstrations kicked off in September in Paris but they have since swept across the nation.
Students have protested a range of issues, including overcrowded classrooms, run-down buildings, and a lack of teachers.
Schoolkids initially started the protests before university students joined in.
Pupils claim dilapidated classrooms are overrun by rats and cockroaches and school supplies were running out due to a lack of government funding.
What started as a peaceful protest quickly spiralled into a nationwide crisis – with Paris and Marseille bearing the brunt of the violence.
The boy who had his hand blown off on Monday attended Behal high school and also suffered injuries to his arm, according to local outlet La Voix du Nord.
Yesterday morning teachers and pupils were left trapped inside a burning building after thugs allegedly set fire to a school in Paris.
Horrifying footage showed fiery red flames licking at the entrance to the Vauquelin High School, whose windows were smashed and shattered.
Around 100 pupils had to be saved – but firefighters were allegedly pelted with fireworks while carrying out the rescue mission.
Headteacher Carole Zerbib alleged a mob of “very determined” boys in hoods and masks tried to break into the school before setting it on fire.
She said the alleged attack lasted between 15 and 20 minutes, adding “it was very violent and happened very quickly”.
Terrifying footage has also shown hordes of young teens swarming the streets – with some launching fireworks at riot police trying to contain them.
In one astonishing clip a mob of boys in a daylight ambush.
Teachers have allegedly been doused in petrol and set alight as school buildings are ransacked and set on fire by rampaging teens.
The French hard-Left have been accused of stirring up the protests and encouraging students to take action.
