During this school year, 140,250 students moved from private to public schools compared to 52,000 last year, Moroccan Education Minister said. Minister Said Amzazi said that 68 private schools had to shutdown this year due to the pandemic repercussions. Not to speak of lower classes where the means of distance learning, especially in the countryside, are almost absent. Conflicts have also surfaced last year as many private schools refused to make discounts for parents of children. It most of all reactivated the debate over the importance of an efficient public education and public health system.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 10, 2020 22:52 UTC