Minister of Higher Education Abdellatif Miraoui sounded the alarm about the growing number of university professors who will be retiring by 2026, which reached 3,000 professors.
Speaking Tuesday at the Upper House, Miraoui stated that the number of university professors hitting the retirement age will rise to 5,000 by 2030. He explained the difficulty of replacing these professors given their long expertise in teaching and scientific research.
The Minister said that the field of humanities and social sciences are the hardest hit by this shortage.