Education in several schools and institutions under the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of National Education, Preschool, and Sports in Chefchaouen Province has been suspended since last Friday due to heavy rainfall and snowfall affecting the region.
According to local sources, the suspension affects schools in three rural municipalities located in mountainous areas with difficult terrain, crisscrossed by rivers and ravines.
The affected institutions include schools and high schools in the Bab Berred district and other remote areas, where authorities made the decision to prevent potential accidents, especially given the region’s weak infrastructure, including roads and bridges that struggle to withstand heavy rains and floods.
The sources confirmed that classes in these municipalities will not resume until after the upcoming school holiday next week. This means that students in these areas will miss over a week of lessons compared to their peers in other schools.
A regional education official clarified that the suspension is partial, mainly affecting institutions in Bab Berred, including Bni Rzine, Tamorot, and other mountain municipalities. The decision to halt classes was made following a thunderstorm that hit the province, making school transportation impossible.
The official emphasized that such decisions are made in coordination with local authorities based on real-time weather developments.
Chefchaouen, along with Tangier and Larache, remains one of the northern regions experiencing heavy rainfall, with daily accumulations exceeding 50 millimeters in some areas. While the severe weather has disrupted education, it has also significantly replenished the province’s surface water sources, rivers, and groundwater reserves, which had declined during recent years of drought.
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