Rabat, March 22 -- Contractual teachers are continuing to strike across a number of Moroccan cities in protest of what they see as the government's inability to work out viable solutions to the current dilemma of education. The government is now threatening to fire the teachers if they do not return to work.

After weeks of protests and sit-ins, contractual teachers are denouncing the government for not meeting their demands, following statements from Minister of Education Said Amzazi and Government Spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi that the government would not abandon employment by contract.

The National Coalition for the Defense of Public Education called on political parties and activists to join a march on Sunday, March 24, to the Min...