Parliamentary vote for a long-awaited for law on education reform has stalled once again as the majority Islamist party refuses to vote in favor of some of the provisions of the new text notably the introduction of French as a language of teaching scientific subjects. The education Minister Said Amzazi insists on using French as a language of instruction for scientific subjects and has already issued directives in that direction. On the ground, the use of French is dictated by Morocco’s economic context that requires good command of French. Besides the controversial debate on language, labor unions decry that the framework law stipulates that rich families should pay for higher education. Morocco has increased its education budget by 4 billion dirhams this year to 67 billion dirhams as it aims at improving access and quality.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 03, 2019 23:03 UTC