The National Commission of Students in Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy (CNEMEP), is sounding the alarm on the precarious financial and social conditions of students.
The CNEMEP issued a report detailing the students’ status, revealing through a new survey that 98.9% of the students are dissatisfied with the way the government was managing their education and training.
Students in public faculties suffer from “deplorable social and economic conditions,” which do not allow them to pursue their training in good conditions.
In addition, the future doctors and pharmacists deplored the allowances distributed by the government, claiming there are various dysfunctions with their frequency and amounts.
The allowances of medical students in the 7th year, as well as those of dental and pharmacy students in the 6th year, have still not been increased by the government’s promised MAD 500.
CNEMEP stated that some students reported a nearly 10-month delay in the reception of their financial aid.
Such discrepancies can be detrimental to medical students, considering how 60.1% of them rely on these aids to cover their daily expenses, according to the survey, which also demonstrated that 60% of surveyed students find themselves overdrawn, and skip meals every week to avoid being left with no money.
CNEM explains that there are a few scholarships that students can apply to during the undergraduate year.
According to the results of the study, 43.41% of the students surveyed have already applied for the Minhaty scholarship, but only 18% are currently receiving it.
Moreover, 65.5% of the students surveyed believe that this situation “negatively impacts performance in hospital services and during their university apprenticeship.”
To meet their needs, the majority of medical students (92%) say they rely on financial assistance from their families.
On average, students estimate that the minimum amount needed is MAD 2,706.6 per month to cover transportation, housing and food expenses.
The majority of students, 95.7%, affirmed the need to be compensated for on-call duty, while 91.2% said that adequate part-time job offers need to be made available to them.
96% of students say that the current allowances are not enough to have a decent lifestyle, calling for the promised increase to be activated.
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