An-Yal was in CE1 at Majicavo Lamir primary school, in the commune of Koungou, on the west coast of Mayotte. But Cyclone Chido, which devastated the department on December 14, did not spare its establishment. The roof flew off and, today, only one classroom can accommodate students. “They told us that CP and CM2 had priority,” indicates his mother, Chahida Moinguie, who then followed the advice of Emmanuel Macron: from December 20, the President of the Republic planned to educate Mahorese students “on another territory” and promised to “propose solutions, in Reunion or elsewhere”. The Mahoraise took him at his word and decided, for the second semester, to enroll her son in a school in Saint-Denis. The civil servant, employed at the prefecture of Mayotte, obtained authorization to provide her service remotely, to support her.
However, many Reunion Islanders fear being overwhelmed, no less, by Mahorais students this Tuesday, January 21, the day classes resume after the southern summer holidays. “The French state wants to impose on us the transfer of children from Mayotte, while our classes are overcrowded.
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