This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Rabat
Today Wednesday in Rabat, the Prime Minister, Mr. Aziz Akhannouch, chaired the meeting of the Ministerial Committee responsible for leading the reform of the national and primary education system, in the presence of the Minister of Economy and Finance, Ms. Nadia Fattah, the Minister of National Education, Primary Education and Sports, Mr. Mohamed Saad Berrada, and the Minister Delegate in charge of the Budget, Mr. Fawzi Lakjaa. The meeting was devoted to monitoring the implementation of the various programs of the reform roadmap. the national education system 2022-2026, focused on basic learning and strengthening Openness, citizenship and the realization of compulsory education, which results in the doubling of the percentage of female and male students in primary school that control basic learning, and doubling the percentage of female and male students who benefit from parallel school activities, as well as reducing school waste by a third in order to give a strong boost to compulsory education.
Mr. Aziz Akhannouch underlined that the government, convinced of the central nature of the education reform workshops and the implementation of the Royal Instructions, has taken all the legislative, regulatory, financial and institutional measures necessary for the success of the roadmap, noting the He appreciated the pace of implementation of this map, which would make it possible to advance public schools and improve their attractiveness, the role of teaching staff and their motivation throughout their professional career , consistent with the content of the government program. He also called on the Prime Minister to continue working on downloading all programs at the same pace, in order to guarantee the success of the national education system reform workshops and achieve a qualitative leap in the field of education.
For his part, the Minister of National Education, Primary Education and Sports, Mr. Mohamed Saad Barada, stressed that the government attaches the greatest importance to the success of the reform of the education sector and the achievement of the school’s commitment to equal opportunities, adding that the ministry was keen to focus on the quality of employment and training and to motivate executives working in the sector to ensure their continued involvement in the reform of public school.
During the meeting, it was noted that the total budget allocated to the Ministry of National Education, Primary Education and Sports increased, thanks to the political will of the government, from 62 billion dirhams in 2021, to 91 billion dirhams under the finance bill. for the year 2025, an increase of more than 45%.
The progress made in the implementation of the program to expand and improve the educational offer for students of both sexes in primary, preparatory and secondary education was also examined, since the percentage of beneficiaries of the public primary education has reached 80 percent, with a view to reaching 90 percent. percent in 2026.
The progress of the “Leadership Institutions” circular in preparatory primary and secondary establishments and the improvement of the quality of learning in qualifying secondary education were also discussed, with the government aiming, through this ambitious project, to give back to public school the status it deserves. , and also aims to breathe new dynamism into the management of public educational establishments. Enabling teachers to have solid training contributes to the success of this pioneering experience.
And after the results of the first year of piloting the “Pioneer Institutions” model in 626 public primary education establishments in urban, semi-urban and rural areas across the Kingdom, during the 2023-2024 academic season, showed the tangible impact obtained on the level of learning of students and its contribution to the overall transformation of the performance of these establishments; The ministry successfully launched a pilot phase of leadership establishments in preparatory secondary school, with 232 establishments in the 2024-2025 season, which will be transferred to 730 establishments in the 2025-2026 academic season.
It should be noted that, for the 2024-2025 academic season, the scope of the “Pioneer Institutions” project has been expanded to include 2,626 primary schools, with the number of students benefiting for this year reaching 1.3 million students, i.e. 30 percent of primary school students.
