Dr. Mohamed Lamine Manga, a teacher-researcher at Assane Seck University in Ziguinchor and also the national secretary general of the Social Democrats of Senegal (SDS), expresses his concern about the educational crisis that is taking place in the country, particularly in the public university.

"The academic community in Senegal is going through a crisis that is emerging today, but which has become more complex. It's as if it's a habit for each regime to create victims," he lamented.

In Dr. Manga's opinion, students must be protected: "Those who think that students are easily manipulated do not know the student environment. We were students in the student government. Today, we think it is a cop-out to place all the responsibility for the university crisis on the students."

Universities are facing enormous problems, continued the national secretary general of the SDS. Between overcrowding, lack of infrastructure, and overcrowding, he advocates for alternatives.

"There are problems that exist, such as overcrowding. Today, it's as if everyone who passes the baccalaureate has to stay at university. The second problem is that we have a lack of infrastructure. The universities are poorly equipped. There is also this overcrowding in Senegalese universities. At Assane Seck, for example, in the space of a few years, we went from 4,000 to 8,000 students. That poses a problem," worries Dr. Mohamed Lamine Manga.

He also strongly condemned the deaths occurring within the universities, the latest victim being Abdoulaye Ba: "The death of student Abdoulaye Ba is regrettable. When we were at university, we commemorated the death of student Balla Gaye. Before him, other students were killed. We heard about this son of Ziguinchor who, if I'm not mistaken, passed his baccalaureate in 1979. He was killed in his bed by a grenade that struck his chest in 1979. Every regime claims its victims, and it's time the authorities understood that they cannot jeopardize the future of this country." Because young people are the future of this country. They must be protected, according to the national secretary general of the SDS.

As a solution, he believes students should be directed towards other fields of study, particularly vocational training. "Not everyone can be a civil servant, working in an office. The civil service is a significant drain on the state budget. Young people need to be guided towards other, more productive sectors."

Otherwise, our economy will continue to be extroverted because we do not produce. And a state that has an economy that does not produce is a state that depends on the outside," Dr. Manga is convinced.