Morocco World News
Morocco World News
Rabat, October 5, 2012
Mohammed El Ouafa, Moroccan Minister of Education, finds himself again in the eye of the storm. After the appearance of two videos in which he spoke with disdain about teachers and went as far as saying that Moroccan schools are better than American schools and that “even Obama does not have these schools,” he made another blunder that raises questions about his ability to be at the helm of this vital ministry.
According to the daily Assabah, during a visit to a primary school in Marrakesh last Friday, Mohammed El Ouafa, used a humiliating language with a 12-year old female student, when he told her that she was not supposed to be in school and that she should get married. “What are you doing here? You should be married,” the Minister told the teenage schoolgirl.
This blunder caused a stir among the students’ parents, who expressed their condemnation of the way the Minister offended a young student.
The father of the school girl considered this as offensive not only to his daughter, but to all students, demanding an apology from the Prime Minister, Abdelilah Benkirane.
In a statement to the daily Assabah, the school girl said that the Minister’s humiliating statement “shocked her and put her in an embarrassing situation regarding her classmates, especially after everybody in school learned about what happened.”
