Rabat – Jamila Moussalli, Delegate to the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Executive Training, announced on Sunday in Rabat that 260,000 students will benefit -starting from the next school year- from the Compulsory Health Insurance (AMO).

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 8th session of the Academy of Future Leaders, organized by the Executive Committee of the Organization of Renewal Students (OREMA), Moussalli said that this number is expected to exceed 460,000 beneficiaries over the next five years.

The Minister added that this project, which costs nearly 110 million dirhams, is part of the initiatives taken by the Ministry in order to ensure social protection, improve university education and widen its scope to include students, as well as university staff.

Meanwhile, Rachid El Addouni, President of OREMA, noted that the organization has launched several initiatives and projects to improve performance and develop students’ skills, taking into account the specificities of students of the various institutes and centers of higher education.

Last March, Hossine El Ouardi, Minister of Health, announced that more than 60 percent of Moroccans have access to health coverage, including those under the Compulsory Health Insurance System which has been available since 2005.

Despite several problems reducing its effectiveness, the Medical Assistance Plan known as RAMED, that initiated three years ago, has covered about 28 percent of the Moroccan population so far.

On the other hand, unemployed, self-employed professionals working in the private sector and students comprise the 40 percent Moroccan population without medical insurance.