Pupil and student union associations will no longer have their place in schools and universities in Côte d’Ivoire. On Wednesday October 30, the government adopted a decree dissolving these organizations.
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With our correspondent in Abidjan, Abdoul Aziz Diallo
“ Preserve order, public safety and sustainably guarantee calm in educational spaces »: these are the motivations displayed by the spokesperson for the government of Ivory CoastAmadou Coulibaly, at the end of the council of ministers.
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The decision comes as violence within universities has recently reached a crisis point, with the assassination of two members of the Student and School Federation of Côte d’Ivoire (Fesci) between last August and September. These tragedies led to the arrest of several leaders of this organization, often accused of ruling with an iron fist in certain schools and universities.
The action of the authorities did not stop there. A sanitation operation carried out at the beginning of October in the university campuses revealed an arsenal of bladed weapons used in these places to “ commit crimes and sow disorder on campuses, and even beyond the academic sphere “.
If for some students, this decision is a relief and a hope of a return to calm on campus, others say they are concerned about the consequences on their freedom of expression. “ Without these associations, who will carry our demands and defend our rights ? », asks a student.
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