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Applications for the “Video Game Creator” training program, dedicated to video game development professions, are now open, announced the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication.
This certification training, organized in collaboration with the French Embassy in the Kingdom of Morocco, is part of the ministry’s strategy for the development of the gaming industry, with a view to training 40 young Moroccan girls and boys in this area, notes the ministry in a press release.
He specifies that this multidisciplinary program, which will be held over a full year (2025), also aims to strengthen the professional and managerial skills of young Moroccans, in order to support the development of the gaming industry in Morocco.
According to the ministry, the “Video Game Creator Program” will be carried out in partnership with three institutions, namely “ISART DIGITAL”, the second best electronic game development school in the world, which will be responsible for training with its academic team, the The International University of Rabat (UIR), which will house the training cycle on its campus, and the Higher Institute of Audiovisual and Cinema Professions, which will provide the necessary logistical resources.
With the aim of reducing social and territorial disparities, young Moroccans will benefit from full coverage of tuition fees, usually very high for this type of training, thanks to partners, and will be offered employment opportunities and hosting solutions.
The Department of Communication within the supervisory ministry will be responsible for supervision and coordination between all partners within the framework of the “Video Game Creator Program”.
In order to benefit from this program, applications must be submitted, from November 1 to 30, via the platform: https://evenements.uirservices.ma/. Candidates will be selected in December and the program will be launched in January 2025, the press release concludes.
