Thousands of students resumed classes this Monday in Al-Haouz, in southern Morocco, after the earthquake that caused damage to a third of the 774 educational institutions in the region and left 30,000 children without classrooms.
Earthquake [entre 6.8 e 7 na escala de Richter]which occurred on the night of September 8 to 9 in Al-Haouz, south of Marrakech, left 2,946 dead and 5,674 injured, according to official figures.
The provincial director of the Moroccan Ministry of Education, Mohamed Zerrouki, explained to the EFE agency that these 30,000 children, who are part of the 151,326 students who attend secondary education in the province, resumed classes this Monday.
Zerrouki also added that many of the students attend classes in intact classrooms in their own schools and others have been transferred to other educational institutions in the same province.
Around six thousand students were provisionally sent to the city of Marrakech, where they resumed their studies. The provincial official stated that the authorities guaranteed these students food, transportation and accommodation in Marrakech, among other types of help.
Another alternative measure was the installation of 200 tents equipped with all the necessary materials for educational operations in the affected villages, which will be replaced by prefabricated classrooms, pending the reconstruction or remodeling of the schools.
The Moroccan official regretted that 33 educational institutions in the province of Al-Haouz were completely destroyed during the earthquake.
Likewise, he highlighted that his department is providing social and psychological support to students so that they can calmly and peacefully reintegrate into the pedagogical process.
Source: TSF
