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Research record7 December 2021Journal article

Cannabis cultivation as a factor influencing scholastic performance: The case study of Ghomara's secondary school students (Chefchaouen province, north-western Morocco)

Yassin Meklach, Abderrahmane Merzouki

The Journal of Quality in Education · 2021

Abstract

The secondary school performance of Ghomara's students (coastal area of Chefchaouen province, Rif Mountain, Morocco) is deeply influenced by the cultivation of cannabis practiced by many Ghomarian families. To highlight this relationship, a field study was conducted with students, their parents, and other stakeholders through the adoption of a quantitative and qualitative sociological approach. It then appears that most of the students, especially boys, from cannabis families had annual averages assessment marks (AAM) less than 10/20. These marks do not allow them to continue their schooling. In addition, other factors are added to aggravate the already precarious situation, such as the need for manpower to carry out family farming activities, the social reluctance towards education, the inadequacy of education system to the labour market and the mistrust of the local population to the reforms of the national education system recently proposed by the government.

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Published7 Dec 2021

TypeJournal article

VenueThe Journal of Quality in Education

Year2021

DOI10.37870/joqie.v11i18.266

CountryMorocco

Growing regionRif Mountains

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2021-12-07 2026-08-11 Cannabis cultivation as a factor influencing scholastic performance: The case study of Ghomara's secondary school students (Chefchaouen province, north-western Morocco) Journal article Geography Yassin Meklach, Abderrahmane Merzouki The Journal of Quality in Education 2021 10.37870/joqie.v11i18.266 https://doi.org/10.37870/joqie.v11i18.266 A field study of secondary school students in the Ghomara area of Chefchaouen province, drawing on interviews with students, parents and other local stakeholders. The authors report that students from cannabis-growing families, boys in particular, recorded annual assessment averages below the threshold needed to continue schooling, and they set that alongside the demand for family farm labour, local reluctance towards formal education and distrust of national education reform. One of the few studies to treat the household consequences of cannabis cultivation in the Rif rather than its agronomy or its trade. Morocco Rif Mountains