Morocco’s Education Ministry Adopts Distance Learning for 20/21

School children listen to a teacher as they study during a class in the Oudaya primary school in Rabat, Morocco. Reuters file photo
School children listen to a teacher as they study during a class in the Oudaya primary school in Rabat, Morocco. Reuters file photo
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Morocco’s Education Ministry Adopts Distance Learning for 20/21

School children listen to a teacher as they study during a class in the Oudaya primary school in Rabat, Morocco. Reuters file photo
School children listen to a teacher as they study during a class in the Oudaya primary school in Rabat, Morocco. Reuters file photo

The Moroccan Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research has announced “distance learning” for the 2020-2021 academic year, which will start on September 7.

In a statement issued Saturday night, the ministry explained that distance learning aims to preserve the health and safety of the students and the educational staff from the coronavirus.

It clarified that “face-to-face” education will be adopted for students whose parents opt for such option.

It vowed to create appropriate conditions through a strict health protocol in compliance with the preventive measures and precautions set by the health authorities, including hand washing and wearing masks, starting with students in the fifth year of primary school.

In addition, educational facilities will be continuously disinfected and the number of students in a single classroom will be reduced to ensure social distancing.

The ministry said the integrated plan for managing the full 20/21 school year aims at limiting the spread of the coronavirus. However, the plan is subject to change at any point locally or regionally in coordination with health authorities.

The ministry will soon inform educational officials as well as students and their families of the plan's details.

The ministry has also postponed baccalaureate exams which were scheduled to take place on September 4 and 5.

It called on educational and administrative staff, families, social partners as well as all community actors to actively engage with all the measures in order to guarantee their success.



94 Palestinians Killed in Gaza, Including 45 People Waiting for Aid

A Palestinian inspects the damage at a school sheltering displaced people, following an overnight Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
A Palestinian inspects the damage at a school sheltering displaced people, following an overnight Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
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94 Palestinians Killed in Gaza, Including 45 People Waiting for Aid

A Palestinian inspects the damage at a school sheltering displaced people, following an overnight Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
A Palestinian inspects the damage at a school sheltering displaced people, following an overnight Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Airstrikes and shootings killed 94 Palestinians in Gaza overnight, including 45 while attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the Health Ministry said Thursday.

Israel’s military did not have immediate comment on the strikes, The Associated Press reported.

Five people were killed while outside sites associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly created, secretive American organization backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip’s population, while 40 others were killed waiting for aid trucks in other locations across the Gaza Strip.

Dozens of people were killed in airstrikes that pounded the Strip Wednesday night and Thursday morning, including 15 people killed in strikes that hit tents in the sprawling Muwasi zone, where many displaced Palestinians are sheltering, and a strike on a school in Gaza City sheltering displaced people.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza has passed 57,000, including 223 missing people who have been declared dead. The ministry doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants in its death count but says that more than half of the dead are women and children.

The deaths come as Israel and Hamas inch closer to a possible ceasefire that would end the 21-month war.

Trump said Tuesday that Israel had agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. But Hamas’ response, which emphasized its demand that the war end, raised questions about whether the latest offer could materialize into an actual pause in fighting.

The Israeli military blames Hamas for the civilian casualties because it operates from populated areas. The military said it targeted Hamas members and rocket launchers in northern Gaza that launched rockets towards Israel on Wednesday.

The war began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking roughly 250 hostages.

The war has left the coastal Palestinian territory in ruins, with much of the urban landscape flattened in the fighting. More than 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million population has been displaced, often multiple times. And the war has sparked a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, leaving hundreds of thousands of people hungry.