French pupils to be taught security measures
French schools will have three security drills a year including simulated attacks following recent jihadist incidents.
Security is also being heightened up at the entrance to school buildings, and pupils will be taught to hide, escape and help each other should an attack happen.
France has been under a state of emergency since the coordinated militant Islamist attacks on Paris in November 2015 which claimed the lives of 130 people. Further jihadist attacks saw 86 people murdered on the seafront at Nice and a priest killed in a church in Rouen.
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