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Thursday 23 January 2020

First Moroccan-British Higher Education Commission Held in London

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First Moroccan-British Higher Education Commission Held in London

The first Moroccan-British Higher Education Commission took place on Wednesday in London, in the campus of the Coventry University.

Chaired by Minister delegate for Higher Education and Scientific Research Driss Ouaouicha and British Minister of State for International Trade Conor Burns, in the presence of the British Ambassador in Rabat, Thomas Reilly, and director of the British Council in Morocco Tony Reilly, this commission aims to further strengthen cooperation between Morocco and the United Kingdom in the academic and scientific fields.

On this occasion, Burns underlined that the holding of this commission shows "the commitment of the United Kingdom to develop academic relations with the Kingdom of Morocco which constitutes, for us, a key partner in Africa".

He also expressed the readiness of his country to support Morocco in the various reform projects, mainly in the field of learning the English language.

For his part, Ouaouicha welcomed the discussions with senior British political and academic officials, urging the members of the Commission to "identify concrete cooperation actions and set up a clear roadmap with clear objectives" which will be evaluated periodically.

This meeting which takes place on the sidelines of Moroccan participation in the World Education Forum 2020 in London and which is part of the second session of the strategic dialogue held last September in Rabat, focuses on 4 broad lines, Ouaouicha told MAP.

The first concerns scientific research and cooperation between Moroccan and British teachers and researchers, the second is related to quality, the third is about university exchange and the mobility of students, teachers and researchers while the fourth concerns the improvement of educational performance and the reinforcement of the use of the English language in science and technology, he explained.

MAP 22 January 2020