Morocco to double budget allocated to school building

Moroccan national education and youth minister, Habib El Malki, announced in Rabat Friday that the budget allocated to building schools, estimated at 1.39 billion Dhs in 2003 (US $139 million), will be doubled next year.

The national charter on education contains a number of recommendations meant to find a solution to the problems posed for the construction of schools, El Malki said at the opening of a seminar on the "problematic of school buildings."

The minister highlighted the need to build schools that are more attractive to students, noting several problems, especially poor quality, high costs of construction and the non-respect of deadlines.

He called on the concerned parties to mobilize to change the current situation in order to allow students to complete their education in better conditions.