Ministry of education to recruit 20,000 teachers by next month

Ministry of education to recruit 20,000 teachers by next month
Mounir Mehimdate
Tuesday 6 September 2022 - 17:00

Minister of Education Chakib Benmoussa announced today the opening for the recruitment of 20,000 teachers, to be included in the regional academies of education and training.

The announcement came during a press conference held by the Ministry of Education on Tuesday in Rabat, on the occasion of the launch of the new school year under the “Quality school for All” slogan.

Benmoussa confirmed that the selection tests for the new teachers will start in October. He considered that this number of recruitments will contribute to alleviating the phenomenon of overcrowding that a number of institutions suffer from.

In addition, the Minister expressed their awareness of the importance of teaching English which aims to empower students, adding that “the issue of languages ​​is one of the topics that we consider very important.”

Benmoussa also revealed that there are currently 2,000 institutions teaching English, and about 9,000 teachers studying it, noting that after expanding the scope of English teaching, it can be used to teach some scientific subjects.

“We are now consulting regarding the expansion of English language teaching in the preparatory corps,” he added.

The same government official pointed out that the Ministry of National Education is considering creating platforms that would help students master the English language.

Benmoussa considered that teaching subjects in the English language requires preparing the appropriate ground for this process to succeed, enabling students to open up to the outside world, and pointed out that the Ministry of National Education, Preliminary Education and Sports will increase the number of positions assigned to English language teachers starting next season.

The Minister has noted as well that the national education ministry is considering creating platforms to help students become proficient in English. He believes that teaching subjects in English requires preparing the right foundation for the success of the process, opening up students to the outside world.

Meanwhile, Benmoussa confirmed again that the prices of books did not see any increase thanks to the support allocated by the government to publishers and stressed that the Ministry is working in coordination with local authorities in order to combat any illegal increase.

The ministry official indicated that “it is expected that about 4 million beneficiaries will benefit from the royal initiative ‘one million wallets’ this year,” and he mentioned that the number of female beneficiaries of the royal initiative reaches two million and 335 thousand, pointing out that one million and 381 thousand schoolgirls and male students benefit from a full school materials.

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