Morocco’s Minister of Education addresses diploma fraud

Azeddine El Midaoui, Morocco’s Minister of Higher Education, spoke out on June 2^nd in Parliament about his shame towards the recent scandal over the selling of fake university diplomas, according to Moroccan government-friendly outlet Hespress.

Mr. El Midaoui pronounced the incident “regrettable” but said Moroccan universities’ prestige should be upheld and not ignored.  He reiterated that the responsibility for this mistake is shared between individual departments and the ministry itself.

He continued that the scandal is reflective of wider issues within the Moroccan education system, such as weak academic supervision, oversubscription and outdated institutional structures.

HESPRESS