Marta@ German students striking for free education

German students in Berlin and Jena drawed attention of the media to their actions this week.
A strike for free and common access to education, an option of child care during studies and student loans (not depending on the parents’ earnings). The revision of the Bologna process and many more statements has been raised by students in Jena, who are blocking the first floor of the main building of the Friedrich Schiller University. On Wednesday the strike started on the campus of the university. After that students raised blockades of chairs and tables on the first floor, where  supporters can sign petitions, which are there untill now.
As I heard on the radio in the afternoon a group got into the office of the universities’ examination commission, which after introducing the Bologna process procedures has the saying at the university.
Today the strike continued in a small demonstration through the streets of Jena. The university is threatening the students from today on with alarming the police. Most university professors support the good cause.