Morocco: Uprising against French in schools

In Morocco, a group of teachers, students and pupils is opposed to the teaching of scientific subjects in French in public schools, denouncing a violation of the Constitution and the texts governing the education sector.

The group disapproves of “the teaching of scientific and technical subjects in French and the implementation of an undeclared plan imposing the francisation of education in Morocco, in violation of Article 5 of the Moroccan Constitution and the provisions of the framework law”. It adds that the directors of middle and high schools will see their responsibilities engaged “on the legal level if they eliminate classes where scientific subjects are taught in Arabic”.