It is a scandalous matter. While working there for more than 30 years, a school teacher was suspended on April 4 from her hierarchy from her CM1 teaching post at Honoré-de-Balzac French Primary School in Kénitra, north of Rabat, Morocco, as reveals an investigation published in Publication Wednesday 24 May.
The reason for his dismissal? Since the end of February, the teacher has been the subject of a complaint for “apology of homosexuality”, presented by two parents of students. According to the French Education Abroad Agency, the teacher was fined for “serious violations in her professional posture and teaching practices”.
Student questions about homosexuality
In November 2022, in the midst of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, students have to study an issue of the children’s newspaper My little newspaper. This is dedicated to the criticisms leveled at the Mondial, especially on human rights. The student making the presentation is the son of one of the complainants. When the question of LGBTQI+ rights comes up, he refuses to say the word “homosexuality.” Publication. This would have aroused the students’ curiosity, and would have prompted the teacher to read the definition written in the newspaper.
A scene reported to the school administration, to which she did not follow up. But homosexuality is briefly mentioned again in class in early January 2023, when the children are working on the book. Blue Beard. A discussion about the seven sins of Islam has been opened after a question from a student, the teacher is doing research on the Internet about it. An image of two men kissing appears. The teacher immediately closed the picture.
“The apology of homosexuality” severely punished
So two parents of students warned the management, and filed a complaint against the teacher for “apologizing for homosexuality”. A serious charge in Morocco, homosexuality is criminalized and punished with three years’ imprisonment. “The apology of homosexuality”, regarded as a religious attack, is punished even more severely, with sentences ranging from three to five years in prison.
However, the majority of the other parents of the students in the class, as well as many former students and parents, support the teacher, who is an emblem of the school, having officiated there for several dignified ones. They denounce the injustice of her suspension and ask for her reinstatement.
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