Accessing the status of researcher-teacher no longer depends on the ‘Grand Collège’. The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has dissolved this entity. ‘The independence of each research center must be guaranteed to prevent it from depending on the power of a few individuals. Excessive centralization is likely to foster risks of corruption,’ stated an official from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research yesterday to explain this decision. This new measure transfers the examination of applications for the researcher-teacher status to the level of each national research center.
The Association of Researcher-Teachers (ACE) expressed its concerns regarding this decision during its members’ general assembly on Friday. ‘If this procedure is decentralized within each research center, will we still be able to ensure the quality of recruitment under these conditions? How can we escape potential minor pressures and non-compliance with procedures in this situation? And the third point, which is also very important, is that when these representatives of researcher-teachers sat on this Grand Collège, they had renewed legitimacy and the freedom to meet to examine files; at the level of individual research centers, will we still be able to benefit from this same representativeness, this freedom, and this renewed legitimacy?’ the ACE questioned.
The association reaffirms its willingness to collaborate with public authorities for the development of Madagascar. ‘The ACE stands ready to actively support the supervisory ministry in improving higher education and scientific research. We now have new levers and competent human capital, fully mobilized to make this partnership a reality,’ it stated.
Captured & Published at: 2026-07-13 22:11:57 (Madagascar Local Time EAT)
Original Source: https://www.lexpress.mg/2026/07/recherches-le-grand-college-dissout.html