This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press. Rabat
A report published by the Higher Council of Accounts estimates that the number of new illiterates in Morocco is around 400,000 people per year. This number includes those who dropped out of school at primary level (79,302 people) and those who did not study at the same level (15,318 people), according to statistics from the Ministry of National Education for the period between 2017 and 2021 , in addition to people who relapsed into illiteracy after benefiting from literacy programs.
The Council’s annual report indicates that the rate of relapse into illiteracy among beneficiaries of literacy programs is very high, reaching 32% of the total number of people enrolled in these programs.
The report attributes this phenomenon to several factors, the most important of which is the low effectiveness of programs implemented in partnership with civil society organizations to reduce the illiteracy rate. This is due to the fact that the open sections do not reach the required number, the poor quality of the education provided and the lack of commitment to attendance and discipline on the part of those registered, in addition to the lack of link between literacy programs and the rest. basic and vocational education systems, which deprives beneficiaries of following educational or training courses which help to avoid their regression towards illiteracy.
The report also indicates that the total number of beneficiaries of literacy programs during the period between 2004 and 2021 reached 13.5 million people. Women represented more than 88% of those registered each year, while the percentage of men did not exceed 12%. However, this figure does not correspond to the rate of decline in the illiteracy rate at the national level. According to data from the High Commission for Planning, the reduction in the number of illiterate people did not exceed 570,000 people, the number of illiterate people having increased from 9.81 million people in 2004 to 9.24 million people in 2021.
