By . Damien Gayle . Students clashed with police in Spain today during a day of protests against cuts in education funding and rising tuition fees. Protesters burned bins at a top Spanish university campus while thousands marched through the streets in a national strike against education cuts that has seen scores of arrests. Students and schoolchildren joined rallies in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao and elsewhere to condemn reforms they say will block working class youngsters from a university education. Scroll down for video . Students face off against the Spanish national police during a demonstration against education reforms that activists say will block the working classes from university . Teenagers punch the air as they clutch a sign reading 'Sons of bitches' during a demonstration in the centre of Madrid, the Spanish capital . Protesters march in Madrid on the second day of a 48-hour strike which was called by Spain's Union of Students against the government's education reforms . Black-clad students clutch flares as they march through the Law and Philosophy campus of Ciudad Universitaria in Madrid with their faces covered . Students and high school pupils shout slogans as they march through the centre of Madrid in protest at the reforms which will raise university tuition fees . 'Tuition, books and free transport for children of workers' and 'We want our scholarships' chanted crowds, as they called for the resignation of Education Minister Ignacio Wert. Tensions were running high on this second day of a 48-hour strike called by Spain's Union of Students, after riot police last night arrested more than 50 students who had occupied a campus building in Madrid, the Spanish capital. In Madrid, the Spanish capital, and the Basque cities of Bilbao and Vitoria-Gasteiz students burned barricades and hurled stones at heavily armed riot police. In Pamplona eight youths taking part . in a student march were arrested on charges of public disorder, while . four others were held in Bilbao. A . Madrid police spokeswoman told AFP that officers arrested one person on . Thursday morning 'for possession of flammable material' after bins were . burned at Madrid's Complutense university. Police . also released on bail the 54 people arrested last night for burning . bins and occupying offices at the Complutense campus in the west of . Madrid, the spokeswoman said. Police beat demonstrators in Pamplona, where eight young people were arrested after taking part in a demonstration against the education cuts . Masked students drag a recycling bin into the street to protect themselves and fellow protesters against riot police during the demonstrations in Pamplona . Officers drag a demonstrator to the ground in Pamplona, where demonstrations ended in clashes between police and students . The policeman kneels across the protester's body as he attempts to subdue him before placing him under arrest . A masked student, centre, throws a bottle towards riot police at the end of a tense day in the city in northern Spain . Riot police stand guard with shields and shotguns as firemen extinguish a burning at Complutense University in Madrid, where 50 students were arrested last night . A protester waves a flare as he and others try to avoid police at Complutense University. Police last night arrested 50 youngsters occupying a campus building there . Students stand next to a burning barricade as it is put out by firemen on the campus of Complutense University . Riot police march in formation against a still smoking barricade after it has been put out . Students accuse the government of attempting to snatch educational opportunities away from the children of the working classes. 'No to education cuts,' they yelled, calling a halt to reforms that have seen cuts in spending on schools and universities while higher education fees have been increased. 'It makes me sad because they are not giving everyone the opportunity to study,' said one demonstrator, 18-year-old high school pupil Karim Martinez. 'They are raising fees and cutting scholarships. A lot of parents do not have the money to pay for university.' Ignacio Frutos, 18, a student at . Madrid Complutense University, told El Pais: 'In my first class of my . Audiovisual Communication course 35 started, and now there are 20. I . know that at least five have left for economic reasons. 'The . People's Party government is trying to get the children of the workers . not to go to university. Tuition of 1,600 euros a year is not acceptable . to anyone.' A girl shouts slogans during a demonstration in Barcelona. The cuts are part of austerity measures aimed at cutting £124billion from government spending . More students chant against the reforms in Barcelona. The student protests came after an estimated 1million took to the streets of Madrid last Saturday . A woman shouts slogans into a megaphone in Barcelona. The protesters accuse the Spanish government of cutting the working classes out of higher education . Spain's conservative government launched spending cuts in 2012 that aimed to save 150 billion euros (£124billion; $206 billion) to stabilise the public finances of the eurozone's fourth-biggest economy. The student protests came after an estimated 1million took to the streets of Madrid last Saturday. Protesters came from across Spain, where the official unemployment rate is 26 per cent and nearly half of young workers have no jobs. Six riot police and countless demonstrators were hurt when the 'March for Dignity' descended into violence.
Demonstrations erupt in cities across Spain on second day of national strike against education cuts .
Protesters say reforms will block working class youngsters from a university education .
Spending cuts and hikes in fees are part of an austerity programme to save £124billion a year .
By . Damien Gayle . Students clashed with police in Spain today during a day of protests against cuts in education funding and rising tuition fees. Protesters burned bins at a top Spanish university campus while thousands marched through the streets in a national strike against education cuts that has seen scores of arrests. Students and schoolchildren joined rallies in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao and elsewhere to condemn reforms they say will block working class youngsters from a university education. Scroll down for video . Students face off against the Spanish national police during a demonstration against education reforms that activists say will block the working classes from university . Teenagers punch the air as they clutch a sign reading 'Sons of bitches' during a demonstration in the centre of Madrid, the Spanish capital . Protesters march in Madrid on the second day of a 48-hour strike which was called by Spain's Union of Students against the government's education reforms . Black-clad students clutch flares as they march through the Law and Philosophy campus of Ciudad Universitaria in Madrid with their faces covered . Students and high school pupils shout slogans as they march through the centre of Madrid in protest at the reforms which will raise university tuition fees . 'Tuition, books and free transport for children of workers' and 'We want our scholarships' chanted crowds, as they called for the resignation of Education Minister Ignacio Wert. Tensions were running high on this second day of a 48-hour strike called by Spain's Union of Students, after riot police last night arrested more than 50 students who had occupied a campus building in Madrid, the Spanish capital. In Madrid, the Spanish capital, and the Basque cities of Bilbao and Vitoria-Gasteiz students burned barricades and hurled stones at heavily armed riot police. In Pamplona eight youths taking part . in a student march were arrested on charges of public disorder, while . four others were held in Bilbao. A . Madrid police spokeswoman told AFP that officers arrested one person on . Thursday morning 'for possession of flammable material' after bins were . burned at Madrid's Complutense university. Police . also released on bail the 54 people arrested last night for burning . bins and occupying offices at the Complutense campus in the west of . Madrid, the spokeswoman said. Police beat demonstrators in Pamplona, where eight young people were arrested after taking part in a demonstration against the education cuts . Masked students drag a recycling bin into the street to protect themselves and fellow protesters against riot police during the demonstrations in Pamplona . Officers drag a demonstrator to the ground in Pamplona, where demonstrations ended in clashes between police and students . The policeman kneels across the protester's body as he attempts to subdue him before placing him under arrest . A masked student, centre, throws a bottle towards riot police at the end of a tense day in the city in northern Spain . Riot police stand guard with shields and shotguns as firemen extinguish a burning at Complutense University in Madrid, where 50 students were arrested last night . A protester waves a flare as he and others try to avoid police at Complutense University. Police last night arrested 50 youngsters occupying a campus building there . Students stand next to a burning barricade as it is put out by firemen on the campus of Complutense University . Riot police march in formation against a still smoking barricade after it has been put out . Students accuse the government of attempting to snatch educational opportunities away from the children of the working classes. 'No to education cuts,' they yelled, calling a halt to reforms that have seen cuts in spending on schools and universities while higher education fees have been increased. 'It makes me sad because they are not giving everyone the opportunity to study,' said one demonstrator, 18-year-old high school pupil Karim Martinez. 'They are raising fees and cutting scholarships. A lot of parents do not have the money to pay for university.' Ignacio Frutos, 18, a student at . Madrid Complutense University, told El Pais: 'In my first class of my . Audiovisual Communication course 35 started, and now there are 20. I . know that at least five have left for economic reasons. 'The . People's Party government is trying to get the children of the workers . not to go to university. Tuition of 1,600 euros a year is not acceptable . to anyone.' A girl shouts slogans during a demonstration in Barcelona. The cuts are part of austerity measures aimed at cutting £124billion from government spending . More students chant against the reforms in Barcelona. The student protests came after an estimated 1million took to the streets of Madrid last Saturday . A woman shouts slogans into a megaphone in Barcelona. The protesters accuse the Spanish government of cutting the working classes out of higher education . Spain's conservative government launched spending cuts in 2012 that aimed to save 150 billion euros (£124billion; $206 billion) to stabilise the public finances of the eurozone's fourth-biggest economy. The student protests came after an estimated 1million took to the streets of Madrid last Saturday. Protesters came from across Spain, where the official unemployment rate is 26 per cent and nearly half of young workers have no jobs. Six riot police and countless demonstrators were hurt when the 'March for Dignity' descended into violence.
the streets in a national strike against to condemn reforms they say will block working class youngsters from a university education. Tensions were running high on this second day of demonstration in Barcelona. The cuts are part of across Spain, where the official unemployment