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The Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Azzedine El Midaoui announced on Tuesday in Rabat in the Chamber of Councilors, that his department will examine the possibility of paying students to students monthly instead of the modality currently adopted.
In response to an oral question from the Haraki group on “the generalization of university scholarships to students from poor families”, Mr. Midaoui stressed that the number of scholarships awarded annually is set by a joint decision of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Higher Education, within the limit of allocated budgetary credits.
The ministry is based, in the examination of scholarship requests, on the unified social register, as the only national criterion adopted to guarantee equal opportunities and equity in access to scholarships, he said.
For the current academic year, the Minister said that 174,000 scholarships have been satisfied, out of a total of 187,000 filed within the legal deadlines, a national satisfaction rate of 93 %, noting that the requests were satisfied up to 100 % in 15 prefectures and provinces, while the satisfaction rate exceeded 90 % in 62 others and oscillates between 80 and 90 % in 15 prefectures that this rate was less than 80 % in only five prefectures.
And to continue that the ministry, through the National Office of Social and Cultural University Works, is working to pay scholarships to beneficiary students continuing their studies in one of the higher education establishments.
With regard to budget constraints, the Minister underlined the need to develop new sustainable solutions, in particular through partnerships with the private sector, local authorities and elected officials, with a view to generalizing scholarships and revaluing them.
