Morocco’s Ex-PM Benkirane Slams French-Language Science Education Deal
2 April 2019
Former Head of Government Abdelilah Benkirane has once again expressed his strong dislike for the teaching of scientific subjects in French in Moroccan schools.
Education
Brothers Divided: Moroccan Photo Captures Tension Between Protesters and Security Forces
27 March 2019
On the one hand, we have contract teachers who want to join the civil service and on the other hand the auxiliary forces agents who are sent to the front to enforce government (…)
Violent Assault on Teacher Shocks Moroccan School as Education Tensions Rise
26 March 2019
A 20-year-old student has just violently assaulted a teacher, in the vicinity of Taroudant, simply because the latter asked him to calm down.
Morocco’s Prime Minister Reaffirms Commitment to Free Public Education
22 March 2019
The persistent rumors that Moroccan schools would cease to be free are false, the Head of Government Saâdeddine El Othmani has once again denied.
Moroccan School Faces Decade-Long Water Crisis, Parents Demand Action
17 March 2019
It is since 2014 that the students of the Khalid Ben Oualid school in Fqih Bensalah have been deprived of water in a most dramatic situation. This is also the case for the (…)
Morocco Expands Tech Education: New 1337 Coding School Campus Opens in Benguérir
7 March 2019
The city of Benguérir will host a new 1337 campus next month in partnership between the OCP Group and 42 Paris, just a few months after the opening of the school in Khouribga.
Philosophy Professor Attacked at Moroccan University Over Accusations of Heresy
27 February 2019
This is happening at the Faculty of Letters and Humanities in Mohammedia. A research professor of philosophy was assaulted by a student (who is not from the same department) (…)
Moroccan Teacher-Student Marriage Sparks Debate on Ethics and Love
26 February 2019
The city of Youssoufia has seen the marriage a few days ago of a teacher and her student. This celebration is now criticized by some on social networks while others believe (…)
France Exempts Foreign Doctoral Students from University Fee Hike
25 February 2019
Foreign doctoral students outside the European Union pursuing their studies in France will be spared the increase in registration fees planned for next year in all French (…)
Moroccan Businesswoman Donates $1.2 Million to Build Rural High School
17 February 2019
An initiative that one would like to see repeated a little everywhere in Morocco. A businesswoman has just announced the construction, with her own funds, of a high school in a (…)