Heavy Rains Force School Closures in Southeastern Morocco
7 September 2024
The heavy rains expected this weekend have forced the competent authorities in the provinces of southeastern Morocco to suspend classes as a precautionary measure.
Education
Moroccan Education Retirees Plan Protest March Over Frozen Pensions
7 September 2024
Retirees from the education sector are denouncing the freezing of pensions and are ready to make their anger heard. Their national office is calling for a protest march in Rabat.
Mecca Pilgrimage Visa Scam: Teacher Arrested in Morocco for Fraud
3 September 2024
In Meknes, cases of fraud related to Omra or Hajj pilgrimage visas are multiplying. Suspected of being involved in visa scams for pilgrimage to Mecca, a teacher from the École (…)
Morocco Considers Shift from French to English in Education Reform
2 September 2024
Many experts and stakeholders attribute the failure of the education system in Morocco to the decline of the French language, calling for the adoption of English to change the (…)
Autistic Teen in Montpellier Faces School Enrollment Challenges
1 September 2024
As the school year approaches, Samia, the mother of an autistic girl living in Montpellier, is having trouble finding a school for her child. A problem she has been facing for (…)
Back-to-School Costs Drive Moroccan Families to Seek Bank Loans
30 August 2024
The approach of the school year and the end of the summer holidays often rhyme with the use of bank loans to enable Moroccan parents to meet the needs of their children. And (…)
Flemish School Introduces Mandatory Arabic Course, Sparking Debate
30 August 2024
A Flemish Catholic school is offering a mandatory Arabic course to its final year students, an unprecedented initiative in Belgium.
French Textbooks Begin Including Morocco’s Sahara in Official Maps
27 August 2024
After French public television, the education sector is beginning to adopt the complete map of Morocco and its southern provinces. This is evidenced by certain French textbooks (…)
Catholic Church in Tangier Faces Fraud Lawsuit Over School Construction Deal
19 August 2024
A private company has filed a lawsuit against the Catholic Church of Tangier. It accuses the religious organization of fraud due to a contract that the two parties signed for (…)
Morocco’s Al Quaraouiyine: World’s Oldest Operating University Recognized by Guinness
10 August 2024
Did you know that the oldest university in the world still in operation is located in Morocco and has even been certified by the Guinness Book of Records?