Malagasy culture and education sector

ABSTRACT : This article focuses on the cultural environment, the cultural dimension in educational programsand the means implemented to promote cultural and historical activities in public high schools in Madagascar.The research was carried out within the public high school of Antsiranana I, and involved 20 teachers. Theobjective is to know the availability of artistic and cultural infrastructures in their establishment, the existence ofcultural entertainment programs, adequate means to organize these events and another specific cultural event(visit of a local cultural and historical heritage). These teachers noted the absence of cultural infrastructure andthe lack of means to animate cultural programs, nor promotion of other specific cultural manifestations. To dothis, the teachers were questioned on major major axes, namely: “Does your establishment have theinfrastructures (dance hall, theater)? “Do you have programs to make animations? “Does your establishmenthave the means to organize cultural events? »; “And apart from a school day, does your establishment organizeany other specific cultural event? “. This study was based on semi-structured interviews, with closed questions.The results were processed using Microsoft Excel as an analysis tool. According to the analysis results, most ofthe teachers questioned answer that the school does not have cultural infrastructures (dance halls and theaters),nor programs for entertainment, nor possibilities for organizing cultural events except during a school day. Inaddition, the school does not organize any other specific cultural event for its students. This research targetsonly second class teachers of this public high school, but it can be extended to other teachers of the high schoolor to other high schools to know more about the reality on the valuation of culture and the Malagasy identity atschool. The situation of a Malagasy high school deserves to be compared with that of a foreign establishment toknow their implications in culture, especially for their students.

Keywords : infrastructure, culture, identity, education, Madagascar