Morocco: An Escalation in Protest by of the Contracted Teachers

The national teachers committee for those who were forced to sign a contract announced escalation steps in its battle with the Ministry, by launching a national strike for 6 separate days during the month of March, with the organization of two protest marches in the cities of Tetouan and Marrakech, and carrying black badges, to condemn the trial to which the teacher is subjected to follow-up on the background of the attack on a schoolgirl in the Taroudant Directorate (southern Morocco).

of dropping the contract-based work, and holding it responsible for the outcome of the educational system.”

In addition, Abdullah Akshmar, a member of the National Information Committee for the Coordination of Contracting Professors, considered in a press statement that the Ministry's suspension of dialogue with the unions is “an irresponsible step, on the basis that the decision to comment came without providing a justification, bearing it responsible for the responses that may happen during the upcoming days.”

“The threatening language will not discourage the teachers committee from the struggle to integrate into the wires of the public office”, Akshmar said, adding that “the Moroccan ministry and government must understand that ensuring normal functioning in public educational institutions depends on the psychological and professional stability of teachers”.

 

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