The roadmap for the promotion of vocational training in Morocco has been presented to King Mohammed VI at a meeting he chaired Thursday in Rabat. The roadmap provides inter-alia for the setting up of “des cités de métiers”, platforms of professions and skills, in each of the twelve regions of the Kingdom. He said these platforms will recreate professional environments through specific structures, such as simulation centers and technological halls, so that the training be theoretical as well as practical. In a speech in August last year, the King had stressed that further attention needed to be given to vocational training at all levels, and to creating a new generation of centers for the vocational training of young people, keeping in mind current needs as well as the particularities and expectations of each region. Later, at the opening of the Parliament’s fall session (October 12), the King insisted on the need “to work on creating more bridges and links between vocational training programs and general education courses within a unified, integrated system.”The Sovereign had also stressed the need to set a balance between theoretical training and practical, workplace training.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 04, 2019 23:37 UTC