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Rabat – The Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament and Government Spokesman, Mustapha Baitas, stressed yesterday the importance of deep and urgent reforms in the education sector, at a press briefing at the end of the weekly cabinet meeting.
Baitas declared that the government is “aware of this challenge and places the reform of public school at the heart of its major policies.”
In response to a question on the age restriction in the Regional Academies of Education and Training (AREF) exam, the government spokesman explained that the current reform aims to “promote the public school, improve training programs and provide infrastructure to improve the quality of the educational ecosystem in Morocco.”
“The reform of the education system cannot be delayed and requires the necessary political courage,” he added.
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Baitas highlighted that the government is aware of the importance of the societal project and has a clear vision on the said reform in line with the new development model.
The structural reform also includes the improvement of the situation of teachers in Morocco, of educational methods and programs, as well as the rehabilitation of school transport and educational and catering facilities.
The new conditions for the teaching recruitment exam, which are part of the ministry’s reform for an “educational renaissance,” faced major backlash from Moroccans.
A few days after the ministry’s reform plan’s announcement, Morocco’s Minister of National Education Preschool and Sports, Chakib Benmoussa, spoke up about the issue arguing that the main goal of the newly introduced restrictions is to “upgrade the quality of the Moroccan education system.”
Protests are ongoing in many Moroccan cities, as the decision, which restricts the age of recruitment to 30 years old, gravely affects older citizens’ ability to obtain employment in the education sector.
