About 7,000 Moroccans have signed an online petition demanding to stop using the French language to teach some subjects, and urging a ban on its use in official institutions.

Since Saturday, activists have launched an electronic petition on the global petition website "Change", which specializes in signing petitions and petitions, and the number of signatures it has collected as of Thursday noon has exceeded 6,760, with an average of 1,000 signatures every day.

The petition bears the title "Yes to linguistic justice in Morocco and no to French", while activists chose to share the petition's link on Twitter with the hashtag "No to France", which reached the Moroccan trend, while the "hashtag" continues to be circulated also on Facebook.

The petition calls for stopping teaching in French and using it in official institutions, while calling for the teaching of Arabic, the official and first language in the Kingdom of Morocco, which expresses the linguistic commonality between the various components of the country.

Knockdown

The petition stated that the Frenchization of education that targets young age groups and basic stages such as preparatory education is a fatal blow that condemned the current generation and future generations to inevitable failure, based on the fact that these early stages of life are the real foundation for building mathematical logic and the scientific method explicitly for the learner.

She added that the insistence on using French in public administrations, including the education sector, is "a blow to the Moroccan identity and a consolidation of the idea of ​​subordination to France, and this directly and dangerously affects the sovereignty and independence of the country."

In August 2019, a law to reform education in Morocco entered into force, and this law allows some subjects to be taught in French.

Political parties and civic associations criticized the language credentials of the former occupier in teaching some educational subjects.

The Moroccan constitution states in its fifth chapter that "Arabic remains the official language of the state, and the state works to protect, develop and develop its use, and Tamazight is also an official language of the state, as it is a common asset for all Moroccans without exception."