Education professionals question government's capacity to reform education under a critical scope

The Supreme Council for Education, Training, and Scientific Research unveiled its opinions on four legislative texts that the government had referred to it for consideration, sparking a discussion about the executive authority’s capacity to carry out the demands of the strategic vision 2015–2030 within the time frame allocated for it.

This worry was prominent at a symposium held by the “Places for the Quality of Education” institution on Friday night, where Khalid Samadi, a former secretary of state for higher education and scientific research, issued a dire warning about the lack of a comprehensive legislative strategy and a roadmap for establishing reform as a result of the dissolution of the National Committee for Follow-up on Reform, which was headed by the head of government.

He thinks that the current state of affairs foretells that we will move into the stage of reform and fixing reform by referring legal texts to the Supreme Council for Education, Training, and Scientific Research, and the Council responding to them with observations in essence, and the government rebuilding them, then returning them to the Council.

Abdelaziz Senhaji, an educational researcher and expert, sparked a discussion on the prevailing concerns about using the time allotted to implement the strategic vision 2015–2030 in “reforming the reform” and the lack of progress in resolving the crisis the educational system is in. 

Senhaji indicated that the Supreme Council for Education, Training, and Scientific Research had made these concerns a priority.

Will the government take the council’s recommendations and then give them back to it again, he continued. 

He emphasized that the historical opportunity presented by the current stage of educational reform must be taken advantage of in order to create an educational system that is appropriate for Moroccan society, the Moroccan state, and the institution of higher learning.

The Supreme Council for Education, Training, and Scientific Research member Hamid Bouchikhi stated that the council “is governed by a specific timetable, and we must work within this framework,” noting that the council held a symposium on the topic of school guidance and that this issue “remains on the table and a subject of discussion.”

Bouchikhi responded to the worries voiced by a number of players on the objective delay in revamping the educational system by stating that this delay may be caused by a number of factors.