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Madagascar students demand fair access to university housing

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Two student associations at Madagascar’s University of Antsiranana are calling for university accommodation to be allocated fairly. They threaten to challenge access to the residences until the reported inequalities are resolved and are calling on the ministry and university management to intervene, reports Newsmada.

Two student groups at the University of Antsiranana in Madagascar are calling for university accommodation to be allocated fairly. The demand is being made by the Teraka Sofia mianatra ao Antsiranana association (Tesomia) and the Sava-U collective, which bring together 11 student associations, reports Newsmada.

Their representatives met the chief of staff of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. The official said that the number of allocated accommodation places corresponds to the number of enrolled students, while the associations believe that the actual distribution does not comply with this principle, according to Newsmada.

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