It was time. A new dormitory for the University of Ambondrona in Mahajanga almost forty-five years after the old one. Yes, the student dormitory dates from the creation of the Regional University Centers under Ratsiraka in 1977-78. Since then there has never been any renovation or new construction. It is to say the direction of the priorities of the successive leaders All the infrastructures in the universities are in a lamentable state. Cities U in Ankatso I and II are respectively over 60 and 45 years old. Ankatso I dated from Charles de Gaulle University and is now used for breeding large rats. In 60 years, no rehabilitation has been carried out.
Ankatso It is a prefabricated construction of the Italian company Gambozi Construzioni in the years 1977-78. Constructions in light material whose duration is limited. Today the buildings have become shreds and house students in inhuman conditions.
The situation is the same in all universities. In Vontovorona, the universe of future polytechnicians favors the propensity to strike. Yes, the environment forges the mentality and it is exactly the case. You can’t have a good spirit in a work environment devoid of the slightest comfort.
The President of the Republic announced that the universities of Toliara, Antsirabe, Morondava, Fénérive Est, Antsiranana will also have the same building. It therefore remains Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa, Toamasina to close the loop. And it’s not just the dorms. The classrooms are in a disastrous and pitiful state. It is obvious that universities whose budget has been reduced to a bare minimum do not have the means to undertake renovation work or build new infrastructures.
Elsewhere, universities are sacred places and whose environment is conducive to the development of students. But when you put them in a stable, they become stallions, at best lads or grooms.