HIBAPRESS – Abdellatif Baraka
The preparatory committee of the National Syndicate of Primary School Teachers, affiliated with the National Union of Education (Democratic Tendency), has warned of the accelerating deterioration of the professional and psychological conditions of female and male teachers, especially those working in what is known as "Pioneering Schools".
The union criticized what it described as the unilateral implementation of the project without the actual involvement of teachers, considering that the experience was marred by organizational and logistical imbalances, and ignored the real needs of learners. It also observed the doubling of administrative and technical burdens, from correction, follow-up, reports and digital platforms, which, according to the statement, turned the teacher into an automated executor that drains their psychological and physical energy. On the pedagogical level, the body alerted to the restriction of academic freedom and the transformation of the teacher into a transmitter of programmed lessons that do not take into account individual differences, warning against the reduction of the educational process in digital indicators that empty education of its human and creative dimension. On the demand side, the union demanded a monthly compensation of no less than 3,000 dirhams for primary school teachers in exchange for the additional burdens of the pioneering project, with the acceleration of the implementation of previous agreements, especially the 2011 and 2023 agreements, related to compensation, promotion and reduction of working hours. It also called for a comprehensive review of the project based on an objective evaluation from within the educational institutions, announcing its readiness to engage in legitimate forms of protest, and its determination to organize the founding conference of the National Syndicate of Primary School Teachers in defense of the teacher's dignity and the future of public schools.
