Rabat, March 10 -- Morocco's ministry of higher education has announced it will abolish the contractual employment of teachers for a fixed term and proposed instead to hire them permanently within the regional academies.

The ministry published a statement on Saturday stating that the contractual teachers will enjoy all the rights like the permanent teachers employed by the government but within the regional academies with whom they initially signed the contract.

On the instructions of the head of government, the minister of education, vocational training, and higher education Said Amzazi made the announcement during a meeting with the five most representative unions in the education sector.

The contract program will be reformed as the ...