Articles from Morocco
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 13 May 2020 Morocco: Education unions successful in stopping support to private schools during the COVID-19 crisis
In a significant development in Morocco, education unions have succeeded in stopping government support for private schools during the COVID-19 public health crisis. They went one step further and were able, through strategic alliances with members of the national parliament, to prosecute those who have fraudulently exploited the crisis.
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Trade union rights are human rights 11 May 2020 Morocco: Educator unions present public authorities with proposals for return to school
The four Moroccan affiliates of Education International have met with the Ministry of Education to highlight ways to ensure quality education and a safe return to class in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic.
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 March 2020 Educators in Morocco and Palestine donate wages to COVID-19 solidarity fund
As the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) spreads across the world, paralysing entire countries, underprivileged families bear the brunt of the crisis, with parents unable to work and support their children. Educators in Palestine and Morocco have decided to donate part of their wages to help the most vulnerable and the...
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Equity and inclusion 6 February 2020 Arab educators tackle diverse challenges to education and teachers in their region
At a recent meeting, the Committee of the Education International’s Arab Countries Cross Regional Structure reaffirmed their commitment to fight education privatisation and defend democracy in the region. Committee members reported on the challenges faced in their national settings, discussed recent union activities, and strategised for future action and campaigns.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 31 January 2020 Morocco: Report highlights inequities caused by increased privatisation of education
New research commissioned by Education International warns against the rampant privatisation of Moroccan schools, stressing that it has not improved learning outcomes, but has created a ‘multi-speed’ society.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 October 2019 “Higher ambitions for education and copyright in Africa and the world”, by Mugwena Maluleke.
Mugwena Maluleke
African nations actively participated in the development of the Sustainable Development Agenda that acknowledged the centrality of education in the achievement of all other plans for a better world. Like other nations of the world, they committed to the provision of a single, renewed education agenda that is holistic, ambitious...
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Leading the profession 10 July 2019 #OffTrack #1: In Morocco, Teachers Protest Precarious Employment Contracts That Disregard SDG Commitments to Improve Teacher Employment Conditions
Today, the United Nations High-Level Political Forum will focus on reviewing Sustainable Development Goal 8 on decent work and interrelations with other goals. We are far off track to achieve decent work for all educators. In fact, in some countries, governments are introducing policies that are worsening the employment and...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 July 2019 #OffTrack #0: Educators Assess Progress Towards SDG 4, by David Edwards.
David Edwards
In 2015, governments committed to achieve inclusive, equitable, quality education for all by 2030 (Sustainable Development Goal 4, SDG 4). Four years later, the world is severely off track to achieve the goal. This mini blog series illustrates some of the many obstacles to the achievement of SDG 4, from...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 14 March 2019 The Casablanca Declaration: Unions denounce the privatisation of education
Education International’s Member Organisations in Morocco have declared their intention to intensify their united struggle against privatisation to ensure free public education for all.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 March 2019 #IWD2019 #Education Voices: “A gender perspective is an integral part of education unions' child labour projects”, by Nora Wintour
Nora Wintour
As part of a research project on the most effective practices related to the implementation of activities against child labour by education unions commissioned by AOb and EI, I recently had the privilege to carry out field missions in Uganda, Morocco, Albania and Mali – at first glance not countries...
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Climate action and literacy 13 December 2018 The COP24 and climate change education: bold action is needed
At the 24th United Nations Conference on Climate Change, Education International called for greater boldness in integrating the issue of climate change into national education policies at all levels.
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Equity and inclusion 9 March 2018 #8March: The issue of gender in Moroccan education
Fatima Echaabi
The notion of gender equality and the concept of gender have been concerns for human rights, and women’s rights activists in particular, throughout the post-colonial era.
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Equity and inclusion 4 December 2017 "The Role of Prescription Glasses for Students, and for Reducing School drop-out in Morocco" by Nahas Hamida
Nahas Hamida
Apart from fighting for the demands and the interests of education workers in Morocco, the National Education Union (FDT) also fights to improve the public schools through its engagement with government policies in the field of education and training.
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Union growth 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 January 2017 Morocco: united union front to defend public education against increasing privatisation
Morocco's national education trade unions have mobilised in protest against rising privatisation, and specifically measures being introduced by the outgoing government which the unions believe are set to ‘destroy public education.’
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 November 2014 Civil society condemns emphasis on privatisation in MDGs Africa Progress Report
In a joint statement released today in Marrakech at the Education Forum of the World Human Rights Forum, more than 30 African and international civil society organisations have raised serious concerns about the emphasis on private sector involvement in education in Africa in a recent report.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 June 2014 Morocco: Wide gaps in education achievement
EI will host a conference in Beirut, Lebanon, from 6-8 June for its Arab country affiliates to assess their governments’ progress with the implementation of education for all. The conference, forms part of EI’s Unite for Quality Education campaign which aims to make education central to the post-2015 development goals.
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Equity and inclusion 24 March 2013 Morocco: Schoolgirl publicly humiliated by education minister
On 22 March EI has filed a complaint with the UN Envoy for Global Education against Mr Mohamed El Wafa, Morocco's Minister of Education.
Morocco: Schoolgirl publicly humiliated by education minister