Amidst ongoing protests in the education sector, the General Secretariat of the Moroccan Organization for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption issued a call on Friday to the Interior Minister,Abdelouafi Laftif, urging the use of public force to address the demonstrations led by educational coordinations.
The organization said in an open letter that these protests are disrupting the public order.
The human rights organization expressed unwavering solidarity with the students who have become unwitting pawns in the ongoing demonstrations.
These protests, the NGO claims, are pursuing “objectives of a group” at the expense of more than 8 million students across the kingdom.
Emphasizing the urgency of the situation, the organization called on the Interior Minister to intervene decisively, taking all necessary measures against the protest actions where students are reportedly acting as human shields.
The NGO said that the aim should be to safeguard the rights of students to education, which is currently under threat due to the ongoing disruptions.
This call for intervention comes in the wake of a series of strikes in the education sector, with various educational coordinations rejecting agreements reached by the government committee and the most representative educational unions.
The nationwide strike, spanning ten consecutive weeks, ended on Friday and was organized by key bodies such as the High School Coordination, the National Coordination for the Education Sector, the Unified Coordination, and the “Cell10” Coordination.
Educational unions, including the National Education Union, formerly a leading force in the National Coordination for the Education Sector, recently reached an agreement with the ministerial committee on December 26.
This agreement stirred frustration among teachers, who expressed discontent with the government’s decision to address the requests of non-protesting employees in the education sector while overlooking the significant and pressing demands put forth by teachers.
Operating within approximately 25 coordinations, teachers have rejected what they perceive as inadequate resolutions to protests that have persisted for three months. They’re calling for the continuation of strikes and protests, citing disappointment with the outcomes of meetings with the unions.
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