Teaching conditions - Alpha College: controversy grows over the state of infrastructure

Alpha college, whose gradual closure is planned for 2027, finds itself at the heart of a controversy. The report of the independent committee on infrastructure safety is questioned by several teachers and union representatives.

The government's decision to gradually end the activities of Alpha College from 2027 continues to provoke reactions. If the technical committee's report concludes that the establishment's infrastructure is safe, several teachers and union representatives struggle to understand how such a conclusion could be reached.

Supporting photos, staff members denounce teaching conditions that they consider unworthy of the 130 students still enrolled in the establishment. Roofs leaking water during heavy rains, aging classrooms, degraded infrastructure and lack of significant improvements over the years

According to several testimonies collected, the problems are not new. With each episode of heavy rain, some classrooms would become impassable, forcing students and teachers to temporarily relocate in order to continue classes in acceptable conditions.

For the Union of Private Secondary Education Employees (UPSEE), the conclusions of the independent committee are difficult to reconcile with the realities observed on the ground. Its president, Arvind Bhojun, does not hide his incomprehension: “At the UPSEE level, with all the grievances collected, we do not understand how the independent committee was able to write this report, which is in total contradiction with the state of the site. We cannot come and simply make a visual observation. »

According to him, the concerns raised by staff date back several years and directly concern the conditions in which students and teachers operate on a daily basis. “We have written to the PSEA to say that staff members and students cannot work in such conditions,” he continues.

While we are in the age of technology, the establishment does not even have an Internet connection

This position is shared by certain teachers who denounce what they consider to be a lack of consideration for the difficulties encountered within the establishment. On condition of anonymity, one of them affirms that requests for intervention have multiplied over the years without any notable improvement having been made. “We have been asking for several years for classrooms to be maintained for the well-being of students, but until today without result. While we are in the age of technology, the establishment does not even have an Internet connection,” he laments.

Beyond the question of building safety, teachers believe that the debate must also focus on the quality of the learning environment. Se