
Moroccan Teachers Assaulted After Reporting Exam Cheating During Baccalaureate
Several Moroccan teachers have been victims of physical assaults after reporting students who cheated during the baccalaureate exam.

Several Moroccan teachers have been victims of physical assaults after reporting students who cheated during the baccalaureate exam.

The date of the makeup session of the baccalaureate exam has been postponed, according to the announcement made by the Minister of National Education, Chakib Benmoussa.

The regular and make-up sessions of the national baccalaureate exam for the 2020-2021 school year resulted in a much better pass rate than last year. A total of 269,031 enrolled candidates from public and private education obtained the precious diploma, a pass rate of 81.83%, compared to 79.62% in 2020.

399 individuals were arrested in Casablanca, Fez, Rabat, and Agadir, for their alleged involvement in cases of trafficking in high-tech electronic materials and tools used for cheating purposes during the normal and makeup sessions of the baccalaureate exam. They were all taken into custody.

Amina Zerouali obtained the highest average in the 2021 baccalaureate , June session in Morocco. With her 19.53/20, the young high school student holds the first place at the level of the regional academy of education and training of Marrakech-Safi, in the branch of physical sciences, French section.

The normal 2021 session of the Moroccan baccalaureate exam recorded a success rate of 68.43% with 116,518 candidates having obtained honors, i.e. 52.72% of all graduates, the Ministry of National Education announced on Sunday.

Candidates for the 2021 baccalaureate exams have a guide. The Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research has announced the upcoming publication of this document which aims to help candidates prepare well for their exam.

The Ministry of National Education has announced that the national unified baccalaureate exam for the 2020-2021 school year will be held from June 8 to 12. The same press release states that the regional unified exam (1st year baccalaureate) will take place from May 27 to June 1.

In order to allow candidates for the 2020 baccalaureate in Casablanca to take the exams under good conditions, the Ministry of National Education has partnered with SDL Casablanca Baïa for a complete disinfection program.

Caught in the act of cheating on the baccalaureate exam, a high school student was sentenced to pay a fine of 5,000 dirhams. The verdict was handed down on Monday by the criminal chamber near the court of first instance in Al Hoceima.

The make-up session of the 2020 baccalaureate exams for free candidates, held on July 20 and 21, allowed the national security services to record 17 cases and arrest 26 candidates in the act of cheating.

A young family man, who tested positive for coronavirus, obtained his Baccalaureate with honors. He had taken his exam at the military field hospital in Benslimane where he was taken care of.