In an article written by Nadia R titled "A Mafia Network Within the Ministry," Minister Sendra Nirina Rajaonarison reportedly said: "What affects this ministry is the willingness to reinstate systems that have already failed. There is even a mafia network. Is there really attachment to the ministry or is it about doing politics to obtain positions?" It is true that she is addressing central ministry staff, but through them, she encompasses, whether we like it or not, and affects the entire teaching body in general. Here, she is moving too hastily. If education is failing, one cannot blame the teaching body alone. The degradation of the education system is by no means the exclusive responsibility of the "Ramose." It is merely a derivative of the State's blunders, through its aberrant decisions, such as, for example, calling upon "FRAM teachers" (Fikambanan'ny Ray Aman-Drenin'ny Mpianatra), lacking adequate training, instead of employing graduates from the ENS (École Normale Supérieure) or the former Teachers' Training School, who are almost all unemployed. The excuse of budget insufficiency cannot be invoked if one truly wants to make it an absolute priority, given the expenditures allocated to the State's lifestyle and its maintenance. Ridiculing the teaching body is to forget that it has lost much of its status and living conditions. Its case well illustrates the vertiginous impoverishment of Malagasy people. Gone are the days when a teacher could aspire to own a car and/or a house by the end of their career; now, they can barely afford to clothe and shoe themselves. Here comes to mind the words of an old Chinese sage: "If you want to destroy a country, there is no need for a bloody war... It is enough to destroy its education system and generalize corruption throughout." So, who is responsible for our descent into hell? It is surely not the public teacher, from whom we have already taken away their fundamental role as mentor for all generations, without distinction. M. Ranarivao.