
Morocco's Mosque Literacy Program Reaches 4 Million, Majority Women
Just over 4 million people, 70% of whom are women, have benefited from the literacy program in mosques since its launch about twenty years ago.

Just over 4 million people, 70% of whom are women, have benefited from the literacy program in mosques since its launch about twenty years ago.

The literacy program will take place from October 15 to December 31 in mosques, for the 2020-2021 school year. It will be conducted remotely due to the spread of the coronavirus. This is what the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs has indicated.

The National Agency for the Fight against Illiteracy (ANLCA) recorded one million twenty-two thousand beneficiaries during the 2019-2020 school year. The Head of Government Saâdeddine El Othmani affirmed this on Tuesday in Rabat, on the occasion of the 6th session of the ANLCA Board of Directors.

The National Agency for the Fight against Illiteracy (ANLCA) organized the fifth session of its Board of Directors last Tuesday in Rabat. The result: important objectives achieved.

The literacy program in mosques, with broadcasting on television and the Internet, begins on October 10, for the 2019-2020 school year. The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs announced this in a press release published on Friday.

In its 2018 Report on Education, Training and Scientific Research, the High Commission for Planning (HCP) has provided surprising data on education in Morocco. More than a third of the population is illiterate while 70% of university graduates are unemployed.