Abstract
Morocco was the first to take a set of precautionary measures aimed at curbing the spread of the virus, especially when it was found that the cases that had been discovered were all coming from abroad. The goal was not to allow the virus to infect residents of the homeland by closing the air, land and sea borders. This contributed to limiting the number of local cases without permanently canceling the occurrence of this matter. In line with the same proactive policy adopted by the state, several measures have been taken aimed at implementing the principle of social separation, which was mainly manifested in the application of quarantine to citizens. The school, which is attended by about a third of Moroccan citizens, has been decided to close since March 16, 2020, fearing that it constitutes hotbeds of the spread of the virus that are difficult to control, given the schools represent spaces for intense gathering of children and adults alike, which may provide an appropriate environment for the pandemic to spread between School population. According to UNESCO, as of April 21, 2020, 191 countries have closed their schools, outnumbering more than a billion and a half students involved in this procedure, which represents 90.2% of the total number of learners internationally. As for Morocco, it was affected by the decision to close schools 8.943.156 Moroccan students, which is equivalent to the total of learners at all levels of education at the national level. And like the rest of the world, Morocco has adopted distance learning as a solution to face the interruption of studies in educational institutions, and a digital platform has been designated for this purpose.
Highlights
اFigure 1: International distribution of school closures due to Covid-19 (Source: UNESCO website) Returning to the number of visits index, it reached its climax on March 16, 2020, the first day of school closures, with 780,749 visits, after which it was known as a downward trend with fluctuations between ups and downs until it reached its minimum on April 19, when it recorded about 49 thousand visits
If we compare Morocco with other countries that are similar to it in terms of the number of students, namely Saudi Arabia, Peru, Bologna and South Korea, the following observations can be made for the period from March 24 to April 20, 2020: Figure 2: Comparison of digital platforms in terms of volume of use
All countries experienced a near-regular rotation between the days of demand for digital platforms and days of non-attendance, with stability in the general trend of the number of daily visits, except for Morocco and to some extent Peru, who did not record a big fluctuation between peak times and times of abstention, and knew a decline in the curve of daily visits (Figure 2); Figure 3: The ratio of the number of digital platform users to the number of upper secondary students
Summary
The evolution of the pandemic and the efforts made to combat it Morocco was one of the first countries to take a set of precautionary measures aimed at curbing the spread of the virus, especially when it was found that all the cases discovered were from abroad. The goal was not to allow the virus to infect residents of the homeland by closing the air, land and sea borders This contributed to reducing the number of local cases, without permanently canceling the occurrence of this matter. According to UNESCO, as of April 21, 2020, 191 countries have closed their schools (Figure 1), with more than 1.5 billion students involved in this measure, which represents 90 % of the total number of learners internationally. If we compare Morocco with other countries that are similar to it in terms of the number of students, namely Saudi Arabia, Peru, Bologna and South Korea, the following observations can be made for the period from March 24 to April 20, 2020: Figure 2: Comparison of digital platforms in terms of volume of use. All countries experienced a near-regular rotation between the days of demand for digital platforms and days of non-attendance, with stability in the general trend of the number of daily visits, except for Morocco and to some extent Peru, who did not record a big fluctuation between peak times and times of abstention, and knew a decline in the curve of daily visits (Figure 2); Figure 3: The ratio of the number of digital platform users to the number of upper secondary students
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