The National Education Ministry said a total of 196 educational institutions have closed for the period from January 17 to 22 due to the surge of COVID-19, leading to the infection of 5,802 students, according to its weekly bulletin of the epidemiological situation in Morocco’s educational institutions.
The number of classes that have shut down has reached 495, while the number of closed foreign missions reached 30.
As for regions, the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region topped the list with a total of 112 closed schools, and 269 closed departments, with 1272 infected students.
The Fez-Meknes region ranked second, with 24 closed schools, and 35 classrooms, after a thousand students have gotten infected. The Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region has shut down 24 schools, with a total of 29 closed classrooms, after 966 students were infected.
Casablanca-Settat also closed 18 institutions, and 70 departments, after 783 students were infected.
In addition, the region of Marrakech-Safi closed 12 institutions, with 21 closed classes, after 674 students were infected, followed by the Beni Mellal-Khenifra region, in which four schools and 15 departments were closed after recoding 293 infections among students.
The Souss-Massa region closely followed, closing two schools, and 27 departments, after recording 381 COVID-19 cases among students, then the East side, which closed two schools and 8 departments, after 159 students were infected.
In the rest of Morocco’s regions, no schools have closed despite recording a total of 120 cases in the Guelmim-Oued Noun region, ahead of 84 in the Draa-Tafilalet region, 35 in the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region, and 34 in the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region.
Recently, the National Education Ministry adopted a health protocol, which included the mandatory closure of classrooms once it has recorded 3 positive COVID cases among students, as well as the implementation of distance learning for 7 days.
If more than 10 cases are recorded in different classrooms, the school must shut down and implement remote education for 7 days, in line with local authorities.
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