In a communiqué issued on December 23 this month, the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation urged all university presidents to adopt the distance education formula until further notice, in order to exercise caution, particularly in light of Morocco’s high incidence of confirmed cases of the new “Omicron” mutant.

The Ministry of Education asked all university presidents to instruct all university actors, including students, research professors, administrative, educational, and technical frameworks, to organize distance examinations, as well as scientific and cultural meetings, meetings, seminars, and events, in a communiqué published by 24 Hours Online.

The Ministry wants to adhere to all preventive steps to combat the epidemic threat, a preventive measure to safeguard the health and safety of actors in the higher education system, through the resolution.

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Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said Friday in Rome that Morocco plays a vital role in the Mediterranean region in various sectors.

“Bilateral cooperation with the Kingdom, a fundamental player in the Mediterranean, can develop further if we involve the young generation”, declared the Italian minister, during a ceremony for awarding scholarships for excellence to Moroccan students.

Mr Di Maio used the occasion to praise Morocco’s pioneering role in the battle against terrorism and its support to regional peace, citing the Kingdom’s actions in the Libyan case.

“We have concluded a strategic partnership with Morocco on multidimensional projects, which is an important step on the way to strengthening bilateral relations in the various fields”, recalled the head of Italian diplomacy.

Three Moroccan students received scholarships from the Italian nonprofit Med-Or de Leonardo for excellent performance.

A two-year program in global management and politics, international relations, and economics and finance will be beneficial to these students.

This program is part of a new collaboration between Rabat’s Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Rome’s Luiss Guido Carli Polytechnic University.

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After multiple cases of corona virus amongst primary school teachers, now the lethal virus finds its way to higher education teachers and this happened during the beginning of the new academic year.

Aawatif Hayar, President of University Hassan II Casablanca, expressed her sincere condolences on the loss of professors Mbarek El Abbassi, president of chemistry department at the faculty of sciences Ain Chok, and professor Abdelmajid Bahloul from chemistry department at the faculty of sciences Ben Msik.

It is worth mentioning that the Casablanca-Settat region remains most affected by this pandemic with 932 new cases in the last 24 hours: 728 in Casablanca, 54 in Mediouna, 36 in Nouacer, 32 in Settat, 29 in Mohammedia, 26 in Berchid, 15 in Eljadida, 7 in Benslimane, and 5 in Sidi Bennour. Covid 19 cases has totalled 28058 in this region only.

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