A new incident shakes up the higher education sector in Tunisia. Monday, April 21, 2025, part of the ceiling of a course room of the Higher Institute of Technological Studies (ISET) of Siliana collapsed at the end of the day. Fortunately, no one injured is to be deplored.
The director of the establishment, Tlili Messaï, said that the regional authorities, in particular the disaster prevention committee, immediately went to the scene. Five rooms, including that affected, were closed as a precaution while awaiting the results of technical expertise.
This incident barely occurs a few days after a collapse of the wall of a high school in Mazzouna having killed three people.
Students and teachers, already faced with precarious working conditions, denounce the absence of a national building maintenance strategy.
At a time when calls to reform the university system are increasing, these incidents recall a more concrete emergency: to guarantee the security of educational spaces.
