Rabat, March 7 -- Following contractual teachers' protests in Rabat February 18-20, which left many injured, teachers are staging another week-long protest this week. Security forces had used water cannons, truncheons, and batons to push protesters back.

Starting March 6, a number of Moroccan cities are seeing large numbers of contractual teachers taking to the street in protest of what they called "discrimination and injustice." The teachers are speaking out about the government's "disregard" for their demands.

One protesting teacher, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Morocco World News, "We signed the contract, one clause of which states that upon passing the qualification exam after two years of teaching experience, the contra...