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20 Mar 2012
3 min read
An expertise commissioned following the death of a student
The local office of the national union of higher education has decreed a 3-day mourning period following the tragedy that occurred recently at the Faculty of Sciences and Techniques of Mohammedia.
As a reminder, a 2nd-year student, in the energy engineering programme, died and another was seriously injured, following the collapse of a wooden railing, on which they were leaning, while a student was saved in extremis by her friend.The tragedy occurred at 8:55 a.m., while the ambulance, according to a student, arrived at 9:15 a.m. This accident called into question the safety and maintenance standards within the faculty in question. Does the establishment have a budget to look after the safety of students? "No," replies the Secretary General of the Faculty, "but we meet our needs in this area by drawing from the maintenance and upkeep section." The railings, according to the same source, date from 1992.Ministry investigationThe Secretary General asserts that the degradation of the balustrade is due mainly to corrosion: "Nothing was visible and we could not foresee this tragedy.The o…
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