Why Are Moroccan Teacher Trainees Protesting?
If there is one thing that unites the masses of Moroccan graduates of all spectrums, it is perhaps their common culture of protest and boycotting, which has robustly declared itself to be inherent of our common culture. After the tremendous stir set off by medical students who collectively and systematically rebuffed the latest decisions issued by the Ministry of Health, the plague of demonstrations has also affected the regional centers for education and training nationwide. Teacher trainees are now boycotting training in almost twenty-four training centers all over Morocco, and they are mobilizing at the grassroots level to take serious initiatives regarding their blurred future, particularly after the two nascent governmental decrees N: 588-15-2 and N: 589-15-2. The two Decrees prescribe the reduction of the scholarship allocated for teacher trainees, as well as the sequential procedures to begin a teaching career. Basically, the first decree states t...