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Morocco:
MODERNIZING MOROCCAN EDUCATION

A NEW MOROCCAN VISION FOR EDUCATION
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Morocco has embarked on an innovative, comprehensive program of educational reform that uses information and communication technologies (ICTs) to help improve quality, equalize disparities, decentralize administration, and build a 21st century workforce. To meet the nation’s needs, King Hassan II, father of the present King Mohammed VI who is carrying out his father’s plan to modernize education, worked with key stakeholders to establish the Royaume du Maroc Commission Speciale Education-Formation (COSEF), an advisory group that designed a National Charter on Education. The Ministry of National Education (MNE) then used this Charter and other resources to identify issues critical to improving education.

These included:
1. Disparities by gender, urban- rural residence, and income;
2. Declines in the quality of education;
3. Mismatches between skills and jobs; and
4. An overly centralized education administration and staffing.

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