After the Corona pandemic... Will Morocco adopt "distance education" in the future?
Immediately after Morocco's decision to suspend studies in all educational institutions, the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research decided to adopt a digital platform for distance education, within the framework of measures to contain the emerging “Corona” virus.
This procedure was considered as the inauguration of a process that was a demand of many sensitivities for a while in Morocco, but due to the absence of the necessary equipment, it was not activated until Morocco found itself obligated to do so in the beginning of March 2020, to save the school season.
A source from the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research revealed to Hespress that distance education will be adopted in Morocco in the future, indicating that it is only a matter of time.
The source confirmed that the framework law for education and training provides for the adoption of distance teaching, explaining that “after the end of this crisis, it will be seriously thought about and conditions for its success will be provided, especially since the requirements of the framework law explicitly stipulate that.”
The framework law for education stipulates that “the government shall take all necessary and appropriate measures to enable education, training and scientific research institutions in the private and private sectors to develop resources and means of teaching, learning and research.”
The law regulating education in Morocco, which came after the Strategic Vision for Education 2020-2030, stressed the need to “develop and develop distance learning as a complement to face-to-face learning.”
On the other hand, the framework law stressed the importance of “diversifying training and support methods parallel to school education that assists it,” declaring that “e-learning will be gradually integrated into the horizon of its generalization.”
In this regard, the law stipulates the need to “promote the integration of information and communication technology in improving the quality of education and improving its profitability,” noting that “innovation laboratories will be established, digital resources will be produced, and specialists will be trained in this field.”
And at a time when studies were suspended at all levels, so that electronic and television teaching at home would be the compulsory alternative in the current circumstance, many criticisms were made of the method adopted by the Ministry, especially with regard to the absence of equal opportunities in distance education, especially for students around the world. villager.
In this regard, Article 31 of the Constitution stipulates that “the state, public institutions, and territorial collectivities shall endeavor to mobilize all available means to facilitate the means for male and female citizens to benefit equally from the right to access modern, accessible and quality education, vocational training, and benefit from of physical and artistic education.