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Tiznit (in Arabic: تزنيت) is a town in southern Morocco, 690 km from Rabat and 80 km south of Agadir, the capital of the...

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News 02 Oct 2010 6 min read

School year off to a good start

School year off to a good start

The 2010-2011 school year in Tiznit, which coincides with the second year of the implementation of the Emergency Plan, is marked by palpable improvements in the schooling rate as well as the state of school infrastructure in the province, which has had a positive impact on the quality of education indicators. Thus, we note the realisation of a great advance in the percentage of schooling for pupils aged under 6, particularly in rural areas, where it reached 86% among girls and 88.7% among boys. Promising figures regarding the fight against the non-schooling of pupils living in these remote and mountainous areas. This at a time when 99.9% of children of the same age are schooled in the urban centres of the province. As for pupils reaching the age of schooling in the first grade of primary school, 2,949 learners, including 1,401 girls, are enrolled in school. Thus operating a spectacular leap in the matter.

Regarding the level of the first year of middle school, forecasts indicate some 3,273 pupils who should access the benches of middle schools and annexes. This is explained by a clear improvement in local school structures and consequently by the decrease in school dropout. It must be said that the mechanisms for encouraging schooling and retaining pupils at school are largely responsible for this. Knowing that the number of schools whose pupils have benefited, within the framework of the Royal initiative of one million school bags, increases every year.

Moreover, the number of school canteens will be strengthened this year by the opening of 32 other units. Thus increasing the number of beneficiaries from 15,500 (including 8,460 girls) to 18,000; an increase of 16.2% in comparison with the previous school session. As for the scholarships granted to pupils in order to continue their secondary studies far from their paternal homes, which thus allows them to "stay" in boarding schools of the various middle and high schools of the province or in the Student Houses (Dar Talib), the forecasts count on 3,672, 3,213 and 78 learners, respectively at the middle, qualifying and primary education levels.

The 2010 school year is also distinguished by a frank development of the educational offer through the extension of school infrastructure, the upgrading and requalification of the existing one. Indeed, 16 middle and qualifying high schools, including 10 in rural areas, are affected by development work. These are the middle school annex of Tarswat, the middle schools: Idriss II, Anzi, Errazi, El Maâdar, Ibnou Khaldoun, Sahel, El Wahda, Imam Malik, Moulay Slimane, Al Atlas and the high schools Essalam, Ibnou Soulaymane Arrasmouki and Hassan II. Respectively in Aît Ouafka, Anzi, Tighmi, El Maâdar, Bounaâmane, Tiznit, Tafraout, Reggada Tiznit, Aît Ouafka and finally Tighmi. This at a time when 20 rural school groups are connected to drinking water. Including a school sector in the commune of Amelne, another in Anzi, Arbâa Rsmouka, Sidi Bouâabdalli and El Maâdar. While this work benefited 3 school sectors of Arbâa Sahel, the same number in Bounaâmane, and 5 in Tnine Aglou. 13 other school sectors, still in rural areas, are connected to the electricity network. Two of them fall under the commune of Aflla-Ighir, 4 of Idaggougmar, 2 of Sahel and 1 sector in each of the communes of Rasmouka, Sidi Bouâabdalli and Tizoughrane. The construction of sanitary facilities, for its part, concerned 5 rural school groups: 2 in Aît Hmed, 1 in Afella-Ighir, 1 in Aît Ouafka and finally 1 in Wijjane near Tiznit. The development work of the classrooms is carried out in 12 classrooms falling under the primary schools of the province. 3 of these classrooms belong to the commune of Aglou, 2 to the municipality of Tiznit, 2 to that of Wijjane, one to Sidi Hmad Omoussa and another to the commune of Reggada.

Still in the register of strengthening school structures with a view to meeting needs, the construction of the Ibnou Hazm school in Tiznit was carried out as well as two boarding schools in two middle schools, one belonging to the commune of El Maâdar and the other to that of Sahel; the extension of the Imam Malik high school in Tiznit; the building of two Orientation Centres; the restoration of 4 classrooms in primary schools; the construction and equipment of 4 others (2 in Aglou, 1 in Bounaâmane and 1 in El Maâdar).

As for sports infrastructure, restorations were carried out in 4 primary schools (One in Rasmouka, 2 in Aglou and another in Reggada). As a result, the number of available classrooms has seen a notable increase. The forecasts in this regard even exceed the needs in the matter. They reached, for example in rural areas, 1,883 classrooms. All these achievements have had an impact on the improvement of the quality of education. Especially since they have made it possible to mitigate the acuteness of certain phenomena, such as overcrowding and the single classroom. According to our sources at the Education delegation in Tiznit, anti-pedagogical classes with 45 pupils no longer exist. In the majority of schools, this number has largely decreased to settle at the figure of 24 learners.

An awareness caravan

Within the framework of the efforts deployed for the generalisation and strengthening of the schooling of children, particularly in rural areas, a caravan chaired by the Education delegate in Tiznit, accompanied by numerous heads of services, travelled through the circles of Tiznit, Anzi and Tafraout for several days. Organising meetings with authorities, parents of pupils, representative associations and elected officials of these regions. To encourage and convince non-enrolled pupils, as well as those who have abandoned their schooling, to return to the benches of the school. During these meetings, awareness-raising presentations on the harmful effects of school dropout, particularly among rural girls, are organised for the parents of pupils, in order to fight for the eradication of certain reluctant or backward mentalities still prevailing among many rural families regarding the schooling of girls. This is sadly translated by distressing figures. Knowing that 632 pupils, including 447, or 71% of girls, have not returned to their middle schools this year at the level of the three circles of the province. To encourage a downward trend, several cells formed of members falling under local authorities, parents' associations and school principals will continue to make contact and hold meetings in the various regions affected by these scourges.

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