Mobilisation against school dropouts

Actions in favour of the fight against illiteracy, school dropouts, and the generalisation of reading, particularly among rural girls, are not lacking in the Al Haouz province. The model of the urban commune of Aït Ourir remains very revealing in this sense. Revealing because this commune recently succeeded in winning one of the prestigious prizes of the African Summit of Local Authorities "Africities 5" held from December 16 to 20 in Marrakech, namely the "Basic Education Award".Such an international distinction is the fruit of the great efforts deployed, for years, by the various actors concerned (local authorities, elected officials, and civil society) for the promotion of schooling and its generalisation, the fight against school abandonment, and the fight against illiteracy among the local population which remains predominantly rural in the province.Such efforts have also just been…