A new miniaturized portable device to detect Covid in 20 seconds. This is the result of research by scientists from the "Digitization & Intelligent Micro-Electronic Devices" center of the MAScIR Foundation, under Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. Designed to provide results on a smartphone, the test has several advantages, including the absence of reagents for its realization.
The United States has decided to temporarily lift intellectual property rights on the Covid vaccine. A decision to remove patent protections welcomed by Moroccan scientists and organizations that will help poor countries get vaccinated. But resistance is still observed in the ranks of some lobbies.
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.
The Delegate Minister in charge of Higher Education, Driss Ouaouicha, announced the creation of 21 new university institutions between 2021 and 2023. The projects have already been validated by the National Commission for the Coordination of Higher Education.
The 1st prize in the "Global AI Inclusion Award" category was awarded to the Moroccan Hajar Mousannif , an AI expert professor at the Cadi Ayyad University (UCA) in Marrakech. This distinction, which is part of the prestigious "Women Tech" award, rewards women who shine internationally in the field of high technology.
The Maghreb Arab high school in the Mhamid district of Marrakech refused to re-enroll a student who was pursuing his studies in the first year of the baccalaureate. According to his father, the young man, suffering from cancer, had his leg amputated and had to undergo chemotherapy sessions.
In Morocco, 8.54% of civil servants of the State receive only between 3,000 and 4,000 dirhams per month. This is far from the 8,147 dirhams set as the average monthly net salary in the civil service, an increase of nearly 25% between 2010 and 2020.
The information came on Monday, May 18, during the oral questions in the House of Representatives. The Minister of National Education announced the postponement of all entrance exams to higher education, until the announcement of the final results of the baccalaureate exam.
The website of the Department of Higher Education and Scientific Research was hacked this Friday.
The Department of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research have launched a support program for scientific and technological research on covid-19.
Moroccan students are increasingly interested in private education. According to the Ministry of Higher Education, the private sector has just crossed the 50,000 student mark enrolled in higher education cycles in Morocco.
The Government Council, meeting on Thursday in Rabat, approved proposals for appointments to senior positions, in accordance with the provisions of Article 92 of the Constitution.