Moroccan Parents Shift to Public Schools Amid Private Tuition Dispute

These parents have appointed a lawyer to represent them in this tug-of-war with private schools. A few days before the Baccalaureate, they wrote to the provincial director of National Education in the Fès-Meknès region so that he would allow their children to take the baccalaureate exams within public institutions and complete the school year there, reports Telquel.

In a document co-signed by their lawyer, they have recorded their demands, which boil down to the request for the administrative documents necessary for the departure of their children. These are the summons for the brevet and baccalaureate exams, the report cards as well as all the documents taken into account in the constitution of the files to be returned by the management of the establishment in question.

According to the same source, the families denounce "the failure of the mediation with the private establishments led by the provincial direction. Added to this is the worsening of the crisis situation between the parents and the management of the establishment". For the parents, the private schools refuse dialogue.

They also warn against "any attempt at retaliation that the students may suffer, in particular through an impartial grading on the continuous assessment tests or negative observations which are an integral part of the pedagogical aspect that the ministry must absolutely control by all possible means".

In addition, the parents undertake to go as a group to the provincial directorate of the Fès-Meknès region to personally retrieve the files of their children "if they do not receive them before June 20, 2020."