(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 05 NOV - More than 2,000 university and secondary school students, along with their teachers, demonstrated this morning near Syntagma Square in Athens in front of the Hellenic Parliament, demanding increased funding for public education. Similar demonstrations occurred today in other cities across the country, including Thessaloniki, Heraklion, and Patras. According to police estimates, 4,000 people took to the streets of Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece's two largest cities. Students marched to Syntagma Square in Athens, carrying banners reading "From Greece to France, we want free public education." The Federation of Secondary School Teachers (OLME) has declared a strike from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. today to allow teachers to participate in the demonstrations. (ANSA).