The Moroccan Amal El Fallah Serghrouchni, well known in the world of artificial intelligence, is nominated for the Berkeley World Business Analytics Awards. Currently a member of the UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology, she is ranked in the "Woman of the Year" category.
The government plans to build five university institutions in the Guelmim-Oued Noun region for a budget of more than 160 million DH. They will be created through partnerships with the regional council and wilaya and the provincial councils.
According to statistics made public by the Ministry of National Education, at least 161,837 middle school students left the education system during the 2020-2021 school year, and the situation is the same every year. To eradicate the phenomenon, the Minister of Education has decided to prosecute the parents and guardians of these students.
A 13-year-old middle school student was injured on the cheek by an 18-year-old teenager who could not stand the fact that the young girl did not want to have a romantic relationship with him.
The former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, Rama Yade, is joining the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. A new position that she will assume in parallel with her teaching activities at Sciences Po Paris.
The coronavirus pandemic has led to new working methods in Morocco, in all sectors with telework, which has become a means of fighting the spread of the virus. Students have been subjected to distance and face-to-face teaching, which, according to pediatricians, is fraught with many disorders.
Moroccan researchers Jihane Ouchrif and Najlaa Fathi are among the five winners of the 2020 edition of the L’Oréal-UNESCO "For Women in Science" program. This program annually rewards young female talents from the Maghreb in the field of research and science.
The Moroccan Association for Immigrant Rights (AMDI) is publicizing the cause of Muslim student parents in Spain who denounce the poor quality of halal menus in school canteens. In a statement, it calls on local and regional officials to play their part in respecting children’s right to healthy food.
Three people were arrested last Saturday by the Royal Gendarmerie of Ouazzane for their involvement in the dissemination of intimate photos and videos featuring two college girls around fifteen years old. An investigation is underway to determine the exact circumstances of this case and identify the responsibilities of all the people involved.
The statements of the French Minister of Higher Education on "Islamo-leftism" continue to provoke strong reactions. More than 600 academics have deplored the "indigence" of the official and demanded her resignation.
The judge at the Fez Court of Appeal has canceled all legal proceedings against the main accused in the "Master’s degree for money" case. The university professor had been sentenced in the first instance to 1 year in prison and a fine of 5,000 dirhams for corruption and abuse of power.
School dropout in Morocco is becoming increasingly worrying. In total, more than 161,000 students dropped out of the middle school cycle during the 2020-2021 school year, according to statistics from the Ministry of National Education.