
Belgian Schools in Morocco Unveil COVID-19 Safety Measures for New Academic Year
A few days before the start of the school year in Morocco, Belgian schools have published their health protocol concerning the measures related to Covid-19.

A few days before the start of the school year in Morocco, Belgian schools have published their health protocol concerning the measures related to Covid-19.

Some private school officials have informed parents that they have opted for face-to-face teaching, contrary to the decision adopted by the Moroccan Minister of National Education. An initiative that has been formulated as an obligation and not as an option.

Faced with the resurgence of new infections, the Political Bureau of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has demanded the postponement of the school start by four weeks.

The Moroccan Minister of National Education Saaid Amzazi is categorical: there will be no postponement of the school start given the unpredictable development of the epidemiological situation related to Covid19.

London Academy Casablanca is moving from the status of a Moroccan private school to that of a British school in Morocco. The announcement of this official recognition by the two countries was made on Monday by the "smart school".

The US Consulate General in Casablanca resumed the processing of visa applications on August 24. This concerns students as well as certain categories of travelers.

A few days before the start of the school year, scheduled for September 7, industrialists are working to produce masks for children in large quantities. These are masks that comply with Moroccan standards for 7 million children under the age of 14.

The French International High School André Malraux (LFIAM) in Rabat has decided that classes will be held in person from the next school year.

Students now know their fate. The university start is scheduled for mid-October.

The Ministry of National Education is working to ensure that the 2020-2021 school year goes well. And to achieve this, Said Amzazi announced on Sunday that his department plans three scenarios that will take into account the evolution of the epidemiological situation related to Covid-19.

In Morocco, the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research has decided to adopt distance learning as the educational model at the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year, for all cycles and levels, in all public and private schools as well as in foreign mission schools. Classes are scheduled to resume on September 7.

A majority of Moroccans prefer to postpone the start of the school year until January 4, 2021. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Union of Parents and Guardians of Students of Private Educational Institutions in Morocco.