Huh? Yessss? Inona indray ity? There is knowledge and knowledge, no doubt he meant the elman? Absolutely, there is knowledge and knowledge.

Na la savoir io na le savoir, tsy fahaizana ihany ve? Yes… but?

Knowledge… I know a lot of things… I’m a scholar… I’m a learned man… dia rehefa avy eo as the Admiral would ask?

Does it keep the pot boiling? Does it allow you to have water and electricity? Does it allow you to lead a fiainana tsotra, milamina, and mirindra ve?

Yes, of course I agree that a minimum of educational background is necessary in life. At least reading, writing, arithmetic…

So as not to be considered bado and T2 or T3, as they say.

But after that? Higher education, for example? Obtain a bachelor’s degree… a master’s degree… or even more, and then what?

Taxi driver or mpibizina?

And we come back again to our famously endemic healthcare system.

An army of professors, doctors… but in the end, what’s the point? No technical facilities, no modern tools, exorbitant costs that not many people can afford… so what’s the point?

CSB 2 days paracetamol for life, right?

Please, let’s be clear: ultimately, I’m not saying that higher education is useless. I’m simply questioning its value in a country… where there isn’t even water or electricity.

So what do you propose, Elman? I’ve already expressed my position on the subject many times. For the endemic country, rather than an army of “knowledgeables,” “researchers,” “scholars”

… I would prefer an army of apprentices, BEP and BAC Pro graduates… or even CAP Pro graduates, for that matter.

Yes, that’s interesting for countries like Madagascar: skilled workers in the truest sense of the word. Craftsmen, plumbers, mechanics, welders, road workers, masons, electricians… in short, builders, real ones.

Practice, real life, reality… and not theorists who spend their days stroking their beards to come up with theories… that no one cares about in the end?

In fact, we always come back to Maslow’s pyramid. Why claim to be at level 5… when your most basic needs aren’t even met? To eat, drink, take a proper nap, be safe?

“General” education, in my opinion, is useless for a country like Madagascar. Especially with the widespread use of artificial intelligence.

No, but seriously, in 2025, who would still be crazy enough to study accounting, for example? And many other fields like that, high school graduates, think carefully this year about what you’re going to do next.

A must-read: Which jobs are threatened by artificial intelligence?

If I myself am retraining in mechatronics, perhaps it’s not by chance?

In short, the Director of International Affairs has certainly opened Pandora’s box. But ultimately, it’s an excellent way to start the debate. With all due respect to those who feel they’ve been hurt in the small V of their voninahitra 🤣