HIBAPRESS – Abdellatif
The Higher School of Education and Training in Inzgan Ait Melloul has turned into a place of real tension due to the continuous delay in disbursing compensation for educational work.
More than 3,468 students are still waiting for their dues since the last academic season, and the beginning of the current season, where about 40 percent of them are experiencing a real tragedy, as they have not been able to pay the rent, while others suffer from critical illnesses whose treatment costs have not been covered due to the delay in disbursing grants. Despite official statements and reassurances, the situation is still worsening, which prompted some students to threaten to organize protests in front of the regional academy of Souss Massa, instead of the institute, while others believe that the solution must pass through urgent judicial proceedings against the Inzgan Ait Melloul directorate, which is accused of inaction and not addressing the situation, knowing that other cities with the same training have overcome this crisis without problems. The representatives of the protesting students confirmed that the school administration had prepared a precise inventory to determine the beneficiaries of the full payments and partial amounts (1000 and 2000 dirhams), and that any overdue amounts will be presented at an official meeting with the director of the academy, but whatever the statement addressed did not hide the absence of actual measures to overcome the situation, which increased the intensity of the tension among the students after their living crisis worsened. The previous statement clearly indicated that the school is not a direct party in the disbursement process, the matter is related to a partnership agreement between the ministries of education, sports, and higher education, and the minister delegate to the Ministry of Economy and Finance in charge of the budget, which puts the students before the central officials to move immediately before the social disaster worsens. Any new postponement in disbursement may lead to a large-scale protest escalation, and the postponement of spring exams, and perhaps the deprivation of students from the regular and remedial session if the absence rate exceeds 40 percent, which puts the school administration before a fateful test of its credibility and commitment to the rights of students. This compensation crisis is no longer a simple financial matter, but a social and educational disaster that threatens the future of students and reveals the fragility of financial support mechanisms, and requires the Ministry of Education and Finance to move urgently and firmly, before the protests turn into an explosion that cannot be controlled. Aziz Akhannouch, Tahraoui.
