The Associated Press today reported from Morocco that one-third of the Jewish schools operated by the Alliance Israelite Universelle will be taken over on Saturday by the Moroccan Government, Education Minister Abdel Krim Ben Jalloun announced. He called it the first step toward nationalization of all private Jewish schools. The step this Saturday affects 11,000 Jewish children. The curriculum in nationalized schools will be modeled on that existing in state schools, the announcement said.
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