Taroudant, Morocco - After various statements made by Lahcen Daoudi, Minister of Higher Education, in which he highlighted the importance of scientific training, the Minister once again would like to see more science baccalaureate students in the Moroccan school system.
According to the Minister, having more students enrolled in science branches is "one of the key means to fight against unemployment."
Daoudi, who previously declared that there are "too many graduates in arts and humanities and not enough math and science students," believes that orienting more students into scientific disciplines “will be one of the key ways to improve employment and the fight against unemployment."
According to Media 24, the Minister said that the number of graduates in science and mathematics has declined by 2% in the 2014 baccalaureate, against a rise of 9% of graduates in arts.
For Daoudi, "this is due to the organization of primary and secondary systems that needs to be reformed."
"No economy can absorb such trends,” the Minister said, adding that “we must give mathematics its proper place in the Moroccan educational system."
In addition to his favor of science branches, the minister called several times on the importance of the English language as a key element to science and academic research.
In order to make this a priority for science students, the Minister of Higher Education has reportedly signed a circular making it obligatory for science students to master English before they can be admitted to science Universities.
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