Schools in French town embark on uniform trial

Hundreds of students in southern France wore uniforms to school for the first time on Monday, as part of a national trial to test the feasibility of making the attire mandatory.

In an effort to assess the potential benefits of reducing inequality and improving behavior, about 700 students across four schools in the town of Beziers became the first to reintroduce uniforms as part of a government pilot program, Agence France-Presse reported.

Compulsory uniforms have not been required in state schools across the French mainland since 1968.