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Teachers of the academies

Why they continue to protest

n Integration into the civil ser-

vice, the ultimate claim Already two versions of the statute

n The Ministry of N.E. pro-
mises a unified status for all,

yet... Draft unified statute
for the entire teaching
T HEY are still on strike. The March 2019: ment)
body (under develop-
professors who are executives
Adoption of a new
version of the
of the academy embarked on
a new stoppage on Wednesday, which statute
will continue until the end of the week.
Since the beginning of the school year, September 2018: Adoption
parents have counted more than 45 of a specific status for Aref
days lost for their children. And it’s teachers
probably not over yet...
Why do these teachers hired by the
Regional Education and Training Aca- From November 2016 to
demies (AREF), from 2016, continue January 2018: Recruitment
to go on strike, when they have obtai- by contract
ned the same rights as their elders,
directly hired by the National Edu- Upon his arrival at the Ministry of National Education in 2018, Saaïd Amzazi devised a specific status for
teachers who are executives inside academies (regional directorates of the Ministry). An updated version
cation? Well, there remains one final Source: MEN was released in May 2019. The new minister, Chakib Benmoussa, is now working on a unified status for the
claim: the pure and simple integration entire educational workforce
into the civil service. According to

the teachers, it is either budget items reporting to the academies (regional dination. «If final judgments for crime «disengagement of the central govern-
directly financed by the Ministry or directorates of the Ministry), while are pronounced against them, it will be ment from regional academies.» «In
nothing! «This is our one and only those of our predecessors will still the end of the school year. We will not this case, the academies could decide
claim today. If there is no difference depend on the central administra- come back to the classroom, we will to cut back on staff or reduce salaries
between us and our predecessors, why tion,» he adds. Even if the dialogue stay in the streets!» he warns. for financial reasons,» says Rachid Ta-
keep two different systems, conside- is maintained with the Ministry, the What is it that drives teachers who zit. It’s all about job security, because
ring that we perform the same func- teachers reporting to the Academy are executives of academies to cling to by becoming civil servants, teachers
tions,» said Rachid Tazit, member of continue their strikes. «We do not the civil service, as long as they enjoy are guaranteed a job for life. In a let-
the national coordination of contract want any dialogue, we have already the same rights and benefits as their ter addressed to teachers, the Minister
teachers, coordinator of the Al Fida spent two and a half years negotia- predecessors before 2016? A recruit- of National Education, Chakib Ben-
delegation of the Ministry (in Casa- ting in vain, we are waiting for a ment at the central level offers, certain- moussa, promised a unified status for
blanca). «Currently, the Ministry is decision! And then, we were forced ly, a possibility of extended mobility at the entire teaching profession, with a
speaking of a new unified status for to extend our strike due to the arrest the national level, unlike the regional «global and radical» revision. But will
Info Prof ANA
all teachers. However, based on the of dozens of our colleagues, some recruitment. Nevertheless, this is not he succeed in gaining the support of the
information we have received, finan- of whom are prosecuted for crime», really what upsets the most the former teachers of the academies?o
AZIZ
cially, our positions will continue to be said the member of the national coor- contract teachers. They fear an alleged Ahlam NAZIH
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