Higher education establishments welcomed 344,679 new students for the 2024-2025 academic year, the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation, Abdellatif Miraoui, said on Thursday.
In a presentation presented to the Government Council on the new developments for the start of the academic year, the minister highlighted the growing enthusiasm for university courses, noting that the total number of students has increased by between 5 and 6% in recent years. , bringing that number to nearly 1.3 million.
Mr. Miraoui noted that this new academic year, placed under the sign “Excellence, digitalization, empowerment”, marks the implementation of strategic projects of the National Plan for accelerating the transformation of the higher education ecosystem, scientific research and innovation (PACTE ESRI 2030), said the Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament, government spokesperson, Mustapha Baitas, during a press briefing following the Council.
Furthermore, Mr. Miraoui specified that the 2024-2025 academic year is marked by the completion of the project to implement the new educational model, to include the master’s degree and higher education establishments with regulated access.
To this is added, he continued, a diversified training offer in line with national needs and priorities, through around 4,000 accredited sectors, while adopting innovative systems in harmony with the specificities of the new generation. , via the development and launch of the smart Moroccan University application “MyMoroccanUniv” for the benefit of students, as part of the digital transformation project in Moroccan public universities.
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