Education In Morocco

According to Daniel Ness, and Chia-Ling Lin, the Moroccan government plays a crucial role in the improvement of the Moroccan pupils´ access to primary and secondary education. The Ministry of National does tremendous efforts to alter the country´s educational system from a colonial into a postcolonial “information-based system”. The same source states that there are two types of preschools in Morocco that serve children of less than six years old. Parents have the choice to either send their children to a nursery school or to Quranic schools. In Morocco, nursery schools are private schools which are often based in urban areas. Since nursery schools are private, the authors claim that the private preschools cater only to the parents who can

In fact, the Moroccan government does its best to grant good quality education to its children. However, Morocco is still dealing with the colonial aftermath as far as education is concerned. Ness and Lin state that by 1860 Spain occupied the majority of the northern regions of Morocco and later on, France occupied the region from 1912 until Morocco gained independence in 1946. They add that although the Ministry of National Education has played a key role in the improvement of education, the country is still undergoing a process of transition from a colonial system to a postcolonial one (347). On the other hand, the history of the British educational system dates to the 7th century; the earliest schools were established by St Augustine and schools went through a wide range of changes throughout the history. From church control of education in the 12th century, passing by the Renaissance and Reformation (1500-1600), until Britain adapted to the universal education (1600-1800) which brought with it the urbanization of England (Gillard). As a result, the British educational system is one of the best systems in the world. Preschool education starts rather early, and every child has the right to receive a free preschool education until they reach the age of five, whereas in Morocco this option is available only to the wealthy families who can afford to send their children to preschools. Primary education begins early in Britain at the age of five and continues until the pupils turn sixteen or beyond, while in Morocco, it starts at the age of six and continues up to the age of fifteen, the Moroccan compulsory education has a two years gap compared to the British educational system. Moreover, The Moroccan school system introduces a first foreign language, which is French at the primary school, whereas the British educational system introduces a second foreign