A Scandal Involving the Sale of Master's Diplomas Revives the Plague of Corruption in Morocco

El Pais

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Dozens of students obtained a master’s degree in law without just having attended a class at the University of Agadir (550 km south of Rabat), in one of the biggest scandals recorded in Morocco’s higher education system. Unusually and a year after the upcoming legislative elections, the local press is airing with unusual details a case of corruption that stirs civil society while social networks burn with indignation. The case of the sale of tit…