Reflection

SOME DIFFERENCES between Moroccan School System and U.S./PXU School System:

All decisions regarding subject curriculum, graduation requirements teacher and school administrative hiring and evaluation, is controlled by the central, ministry of education.

All schools both – private and public – in Morocco are regulated by

the National Ministry of Education.

• Private schools have more local control and capacity to spend

tuition money on infrastructure and instructional delivery.

• Often students in private schools are wealthier than their public

school peers.

• Parents expect their students to receive or be given higher grades.

• The ministry of education is looking to expand the number of

private schools.

The country has fourteen major public universities (with Faculties and Annexes), 8 private, and 211 private institutes and schools.

• Public universities are free.

• Admission to public universities requires only a baccalaureate,

• Admission to other higher public education, such as engineering school require competitive special tests and special training before the exams.

The Preparatory Classes for Grandes Ecoles (CPGE) is a post-baccalaureate cycle of

two school years (ministerial order No. 455.02 of June 5, 2004).

• The CPGEs are organized into two main poles: a scientific and technological pole

and an economic and commercial pole.

• Students who have regularly completed the first and second year of preparatory

classes for the Grandes Ecoles in one of these streams can take the following

competitive examinations:

– National competition for access to management schools (CNAEM) to

integrate one of the Moroccan schools of management.

– Competition for access to major business schools in France

School administrators are the managers of the school.

They run the building, but have little to do with curriculum or

teacher performance.

Teachers are evaluated by a district supervisor, rather than the

school principal or associate principal like many districts in the

United States.

The supervisor evaluates teachers in a specific subject area and a

specific geographic area.

SOME SIMILARITIES in Youth Issues & Concerns between Moroccan School System and U.S./PXU School System are: Poverty, Employability, Immigration, and Futuristic Goals

Librarians and libraries, guidance counselors, school social

workers and psychologists are lacking.

• This place a heavy burden on classroom teachers, especially

in public schools where classes may reach 40 or 50 students in

number.

• The majority of public-school students lack adequate

emotional support.

The Average Repeat Rate, Dropout Rate and Number of Classes with 45+ Students are high, particularly among Middle School and Elementary School students.