The comments of Abdelilah Benkirane, Secretary General of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD), and former Head of Government, on marriage and the education of young girls, are causing controversy.
Last Thursday, during a graduation ceremony at the Émile Max high school in Schaerbeek, two female students wearing headscarves were prohibited from going up on stage to receive their diplomas. This measure is in line with the school’s internal regulations that prohibit the wearing of religious symbols, it is explained.
Many Moroccan internet users have expressed their support for a French teacher who announced on her Facebook page that she had been fired from a private school in Tangier because of her attachment to wearing the niqab.
The announced participation of Israeli researchers at the World Sociology Forum scheduled from July 6 to 11, 2025 at the University Mohammed V in Rabat is not well received by several organizations, including the Moroccan Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott (MACBI) working within the BDS Morocco movement and the Moroccan Association of Sociology.
It is a discreet exodus that is costly for Morocco. Every year, thousands of its best elements leave the ship, weakening its economy and its capacity for innovation. A report has put figures on this major challenge and explores avenues to finally try to reverse the trend.
The principal of the Angela Davis school in La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis) posted on June 5th the names of eight Muslim teachers who announced their absence on June 6th, the day of the celebration of Eid al-Adha. This approach has sparked the anger of the unions, as absence for "religious holiday" is a right for public service agents.
About ten history students at Aix-Marseille University have been summoned to a disciplinary council for "unabashed racism." They are accused of targeting other students with racist messages in the official WhatsApp group chat of their class, called "L3."
An "Ould lefchouch" (rich kid) at the wheel of a heavy tractor charged at a crowd of students in front of a college, located in the commune of Kasbat Ben Mchich, Berrechid province.
Morocco has implemented a similar but bolder plan than France to raise academic standards. The reform is already bearing fruit.
The University of Orleans filed a complaint on Thursday following the discovery of Islamophobic and neo-Nazi stickers. The City intends to do the same.
The far-right party Vox in Córdoba plans to present a motion at the next municipal council session to request "the immediate halt of the program promoted by Juanma Moreno’s government aimed at introducing Moroccan culture courses in Andalusian schools."
To curb the rise of violence in educational institutions, the Ministry of National Education is betting on cutting-edge technology. Minister Mohamed Saad Berrada announced the deployment of surveillance cameras equipped with artificial intelligence (AI), a tool designed to drastically strengthen security within schools.