Education

Al-Qarawiyyin (Oldest University in the world) | FEZ

Morocco has one of the lowest rankings in the world in terms of Education . Education in Morocco is free and compulsory through primary school. The estimated illiteracy  rate for the country in 2004 was 30.8% for males and 54,7% for females. On September 2006, UNESCO awarded Morocco amongst other countries such as Cuba, Pakistan , India and Turkeythe "UNESCO 2006 Literacy Prize".
Morocco has more than four dozen univesities, institutes of higher learning, and polytechnics dispersed at urban centres throughout the country. Its leading institutions include Mohammed V University  in Rabat, the country’s largest university, with branches in Casablanca and Fès; the Hassan II Agriculture and
Veterinary Institute in Rabat, which conducts leading social science research in addition to its agricultural specialties; and Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane, the first English-language university in North Africa, inaugurated in 1995 with contributions from Saudi Arabia and the United States.

Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane

The al-Qarawiyin University, founded in the city of Fez in 859 as a madrasa , is considered by some sources, including UNESCO, to be the "oldest university of the world". Morocco has also some of prestigious postgraduate schools, including: École Nationale Supérieure d'Électricité et de Mecanique (ENSEM), EMIISCAE, INSEA, National School of Mineral Industry , Ecole Hassania des Traveaux publics , École nationale de commerce et de gestion de Kénitra, École supérieure de technologie de Casablanca.