Academic grading in Morocco
Grading system in Morocco is mostly a 20-point grading scale, it is used in secondary schools as well as in universities.
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Most of the time, the formal grades used in Morocco are not considered in graduate programs acceptance for some misunderstanding reasons: for instance, a grade of 12 (which is actually a passable grade in Morocco but equivalent to 60% in the US where it is considered a below-average) is generally a good starting grade to apply for graduate studies and financial aids or scholarships.
In the Moroccan system: a minimum average of 12 out of 20, Assez Bien, Good. Or the equivalent in the U.S. system: a 'B' average or a 3.00 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.00 GPA grading scale.
But some European universities use a different admission requirement for Moroccan students. Morocco's neighboring countries, Algeria and Tunisia, have a very similar grading system.