Covid-19 obliges! Due to a rise in coronavirus cases recorded in Dakhla schools, face-to-face classes are suspended there. The decision comes from the Regional Academy of Education and Training (AREF) of Dakhla Oued El-Dahab.
English could supplant French as the first foreign language in Morocco. This is revealed by a survey conducted by the British Council.
Seven Moroccan universities are featured in the Times Higher Education 2021 ranking, one of the most recognized university rankings in the world.
About half a million students take Amazigh language courses annually, according to the Minister of National Education, who stressed the need to double the number of teachers to properly address the teaching of this language.
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.
A Moroccan teacher risks a lot for "contempt" after accusing members of the security forces of sexually assaulting her in March during a protest by "contract" teachers demanding their integration into the civil service. Nezha Majdi, in her twenties, was arrested with other protesters on Tuesday as she was participating in a march of a few hundred people.
The Moroccan Ministry of National Education informed the directors of the regional academies on Wednesday of the different schedules applicable, during the month of Ramadan, in primary, middle and vocational secondary schools.
The 2021 ranking of the Global Gender Gap places Morocco in 144th place worldwide out of the 156 indexed countries and in 12th place in the MENA region according to the 2021 report of the World Economic Forum (Davos). This is a ranking based on gender inequalities in the world.
The Lyautey high school will close its doors for a period of 15 days for having violated the health measures put in place by the government, said the Regional Academy of National Education in Casablanca-Settat, which also announced the adoption of distance learning as of this Friday.
The Descartes High School in Rabat will close its doors this Saturday until further notice, once again generalizing distance learning. This is at least the information given on Thursday evening by the school administration following a worrying increase in recent days of positive Covid-19 cases.
At the Ernest Renan primary school in Casablanca last Thursday, CM2 students were asked to work on an exercise entitled "Where do the great apes live?". This exercise has outraged parents. The Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) has decided to open an administrative investigation.
The École Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris (ESJ) has decided to open its first journalism and communication "SSJC" training program remotely in Arabic. A decision that takes into account "the central position of Morocco both for Africa and the Arab world", and especially because "Morocco has all the technological resources for this type of online training".