 Hundreds of secondary school pupils have demonstrated outside the Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament calling for lessons to resume three weeks into a teacher's strike. A video shared by journalists and social media showed them been met by the parliament's deputy speaker. Congo leaves schools officially reopened on October 4th but lessons are yet to begin in many institutions as teachers have been striking for higher wages. Schools have ministered Tony Mwaba has won those participating in workouts that they could be struck off the payroll altogether. He has so far not responded to an opposition senator's proposal to replace try-casts with new teachers. President Felix Ciccati has made three primary school education central to his policy since September 2019 at an estimated cost of $2.6 billion per year compared with a total government budget of almost $7 billion in 2021.