Children affected by the earthquake in Morocco will resume classes on Monday in stores and boarding schools

The thousands of children in the areas of High Atlas Moroccans affected by the earthquake on the 8th will resume classes next Monday in tents and boarding schools in the neighboring city of Marrakech.

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According to what two officials from the region of Marrakesh-Safi and the Moroccan Ministry of Education, this is the date on which they plan to restart classes, once the inhabitants of the affected cities and villages have been relocated to temporary tents.

Samir Goudarpresident of the region Marrakesh-Safi (which includes the three most affected provinces where classes were suspended: Al Haouz, Chichaoua and Marrakesh), explained to EFE over the phone that there are only people left to be relocated to stores in the province of ChichaouaWhere are you this Saturday?

In these areas, the return to school could be delayed a little longer, he explained, but the forecast is that next week the school year will also start again for these children affected by the earthquake, which left almost 3,000 dead and more than 5,500 injured.

The director of educational centers of the Ministry of Education of the province of Al Haouz -the most affected, with 1,600 deaths-, Mohamed Zerroukitold EFE that in this area there are 30 thousand students enrolled in 240 centers, of which 33 were completely destroyed after the earthquake.

To relocate them, they organized for now 150 stores that will function as schoolss, a temporary solution that will later be replaced by units prefabricated until the schools are rebuilt.

He specified that stores were installed in places such as Amizmiz or Asnilocated in two valleys on either side of the earthquake epicenter.

As for children from especially affected enclaves, such as Ighil, Yinmel or Tatal N’Yaqoubthe children will be transferred to boarding schools in the neighboring city of Marrakechhe indicated Zerrouki.

To carry out all these tasks, the efforts of the ministries of Education and the Interior, with the Armed Forces and local authorities, he added.

Source: Elcomercio

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