Education

Morocco - Ministry of National Education

The Ministry of National Education is implementing an innovative national literacy initiative designed specifically for marginalized adolescents in rural areas.

The programme’s objectives include ensuring the right to education for all, democratizing education and promoting good governance. It provides a short training cycle to permit recent adolescents drop-outs to return to school and identifies students facing a high risk of dropping out of school.

The Directorate is recognized for its Useful Learning through Literacy and Continuing Education Programme in Rajasthan, the largest and poorest state in India.

The Directorate is commended for having raised literacy significantly among both men and women during the past decade; promoted gender equality and women’s empowerment through the development of an innovative programme – including 15-day educational camps for women covering subjects such as vaccination, sanitation, child care, family planning, environmental issues, and self-help.

The programme also organizes vocational skills camps and supports self-help groups for newly literate women to promote income-generating activities, build self-confidence and support the sale of the women’s products as well as promoting credit and loan activities. The programme also targets men, featuring campaigns on health and vaccination, personal hygiene, safe drinking water, water conservation, and environmental issues. It has been extended to marginalized populations such as those serving prison sentences and run mobile literacy centres for migratory cattle breeders.