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Reflections on the educational system in Morocco

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     Education has always proved to be crucial and essential in every governmental policy in order to thrust the wheels of progress forward. Most of the world’s countries have come to realize, although some countries realized it later than others, that the only efficient way to attain substantive and fundamental progress in all domains of life is to cultivate the power of education. Every nation has been trying to make the educational system an effective enterprise to produce intellectuals, educated individuals with high academic achievements, and adequate professional expertise so as to meet the demands of the job market and eventually meet life’s requirements. Nevertheless, when a government fails to create a powerful and effective educational system, or at least reform the current defective educational system, the outcomes of such failure can be devastating. Instead of producing skillful and educated potential workers,  this corrupted educational sys...

Teacher Trainees Crisis: Nurturing the Language of Violence

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 “People should not be afraid of their government, governments should be afraid of their people.” Alan Moore, V for Vendetta It is actually of little significance to know in which era you live. Whether you are in the seventies or eighties or the beginning of the millennium or 2016, the language of violence has practically been   the favourite language and the Pandora’s Box   of all Moroccan governments throughout modern history with its voice echoing throughout our modern age. The latest embodiment of the government fetishization and lust for violence is widely known on Facebook as The Massacre of Inzagane January 7 th 2016.  Poignant videos and graphic photographs going viral on social media, display the diabolical Repressive Forces violently and ruthlessly attacking teacher trainees who were preparing a peaceful march through the streets of Inzagane.  The outrageous assault yielded, hundreds of injuries ranging from bruising to far grav...