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VEND. 9 SAM. 10 ET DIM. 11 SEPTEMBRE 2022 - N°6344 NE PEUT ÊTRE VENDU SÉPARÉMENT DÉPÔT LÉGAL 100/1991 DIRECTEUR DE PUBLICATION KHALID BELYAZID
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Editorial Back to school Khalid BELYAZID
school is the country in miniature, a copy of one’s society, regardless of nique school, and generates mediocrity when 60% of schoolchildren struggle
A (Muslim Arab sociologist, philosopher, and historian) to the sadistic fqih cation system operates in a public mode, and a private mode for those who
the means, and scholarly pedagogies. From Socrates and Ibn Khaldoun to read, write, and count. As is the case for the economy, the Moroccan edu-
(Koranic schoolmaster) of the M’sid (Koranic schools), everyone has their can pay, with multinational companies, these so-called “foreign missions”
own idea of a good education. To collect some ideas, the Minister of Natio- for those who can pay even more. Our education system no longer knows
nal Education, Mr. Chakib Benmoussa, has prepared at the beginning of this which teaching language to choose from (between the Arabic, French, and
school year a major “consultation”, mobilizing thousands of stakeholders, other languages), in the land of text messages being sent in Darija, the Moroc-
hundreds of workshops, and a digital platform “madrastna.ma”. As a good can language, but written in Latin characters. Our education system has its
engineer that he is, he wanted to rebuild, and as a good manager, he organized teachers, heroes who selflessly devote themselves to their profession in the
the participation, and found the slogan of “a quality school for all”. Quality mountains and remote areas of the country, and sleep in the classrooms, for
is already difficult to achieve even in well-organized companies and admi- lack of other accommodation; on the other hand, our educational system has
nistrations. Let’s hope anyway for this first back-to-school without Covid, its racketeering teachers who claim to be poorly paid and enrich themselves
to see some improvements being made in the system, which is neither good through private lessons and overtime provided to students who demand good
nor bad, but looking like Morocco. It is here that the weight of demography grades by spending hours on TikTok. The list would be long. Our schools
appears clearly. With this weight, our teaching system generates excellence must make up for social shortcomings, develop skills, good manners, equality,
which conquers the (French prestigious engineering schools like) Polytech- morality... demands society. But the copy cannot be better than the original.o