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Editorial Equity Ahlam NAZIH

I N order to grow, you have to leave... Travel, get out of your comfort drop out, because they are unable to support themselves far from their fami-
zone, open up to others and to the world, develop your autonomy, lies, and to benefit from decent living conditions? Half of students include
learn new languages... The virtues of travel are indeed multiple, espe- those who leave open access universities each year without getting a degree
cially for young people taking their first steps on the road to adulthood. are those who have made a mistake in terms of selection of their field of
That said, is this a reason to deprive young students of easy access to the study, those who do not identify themselves with the overcrowded numbers
educational offering? For the current government team in charge of higher of students, but also those who, resourceless, are forced to drop out. And
education, it is not up to the university to approach students, but the reverse, then, what about the girls, especially rural ones, whose parents refuse to see
for all the aforementioned arguments. A moratorium has even been decreed them fly away from the family cocoon... What about the regions of 80,000
on dozens of higher education projects planned in several regions. So be it. or 100,000 inhabitants, producing thousands of graduates: don’t they de-
However, is this reasonable, at a time when the sector is experiencing un- serve to receive university units? The education system would benefit from
bridled massification, where educational institutions exceed their capacity guaranteeing true “territorial equity”, obviously in total accordance with
by two to three times? Is it reasonable to push thousands of young people to the needs of the regions. o