Morocco wants to reform university scholarships system

Morocco said it intends to reform its higher education scholarships system, which grew inefficient in view of the growing number of university students.

The scholarships system has become inefficient in view of the increasing number of baccalaureate holders, which will jump from 90,000 presently to 400,000 in 2011, secretary of state for scientific research, Omar Fassi Fihri, told the chamber of advisors on Tuesday.

The granting of the scholarship (about 1,300 DH every three months) to baccalaureate holders attending university should be radically reformed in line with the national charter on higher education which recommends that only students from poor families should be entitled to the scholarship, the official said.