O processo de ocupação de residências universitárias estudantis como um desafio na Universidade Eduardo Mondlane na Cidade de Maputo

Abstract

Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) is a public institution, the oldest in Mozambique, founded on the 21st of Higher Education in Mozambique, founded on 21st August 1968, by Decree - Law n ̊ 44530, under the designation of General University Statutes of Mozambique. This institution admits, annually about four thousand (4.000) students, according to the UEM page, in which of these, most come from other provinces to Maputo City, where is located the largest number of faculties of the institution. Maputo, where is located the largest number of faculties of the Institution. This university also consists of several Among them, the Directorate of Social Services (DSS) stands out. the social affairs of students in relation to accommodation, food and other activities. activities. The policy of access to accommodation in the university residences under the supervision of the DSS gives priority to students with a full scholarship, which entitles them to food, accommodation (which includes a bed, two sheets, two pillowcases, a pillow, a blanket) medical and medication assistance and a subsidy to cover some basic expenses, for the purchase of school materials during the course. However, there are However, there are students with reduced scholarships and others without scholarships, who may be residents (tenants) in the RUE ́s 1 , through the contract established between the Social Services Directorate (DSS) and the student. The illegal occupation of the beds in RUE ́S no 6 and 9 located on the main campus of the Eduardo Mondlane University, constitutes the object of analysis of the present work. The aim of this exploratory study is to characterise the daily life of illegal students in residences 6 and 9; to understand the relationships established between illegal and legal students. legal students. Based on the theory of symbolic interactionism and the ethnographic method combined with participant observation at selected points in the university student residences 6 and 9. From the results of this exploratory study, it can be seen that many students strategise their way to enter the residences and live there illegally with the permission of older legal residents friends, fellow countrymen and even siblings.