Morocco boosts vocational education programmes
2008-02-06
The Moroccan government plans a broad expansion of vocational education centres, job agencies and training partnerships with business professionals. The plan addresses the growing number of workers who do not fit the needs of the market and the problem of unemployment in the country.
By Sarah Touahri for Magharebia in Rabat – 06/02/08
 [Getty Images] In an effort to reduce unemployment , the Moroccan government plans to open a number of vocational education centres and training partnerships with business professionals that will help close the gap between market needs and the population's skills. |
The Moroccan government has launched an ambitious plan to reduce unemployment by expanding job training resources. A new vocational education strategy aims at providing the labour market with some 750,000 graduates over the next four years from various private and public training institutions, compared with just 500,000 between 2003 and 2007. Officials expect that the number of people graduating from vocational training establishments will increase by 50% between 2008 and 2012.
To meet these targets, different measures will be introduced in 2008. The government looks to promote vocational training by strengthening partnerships with chambers of commerce, professional associations and businesses. To encourage workplace training, Morocco also wants to set up sector-based vocational training programmes on a contractual basis with professionals.
Some 10m dirhams will be allocated to finance studies on the best strategy to realise these objectives. Conducted under the guidance of a steering committee, the studies will determine the actual needs of the labour market and focus on adding new dynamism to the training sector. Study results will enable an emergency action plan to be set up by the start of the next academic year to implement necessary reforms.
Employment and Vocational Training Minister Jamal Aghhmani has stressed that the professional work world and the vocational training sector need a shared strategy. Such a co-operative plan will determine the national economy’s requirements in terms of skills and training and allow businesses to anticipate their future labour needs.
The strategy is also a response to the growing number of workers who do not fit the needs of the market and the problem of unemployment in the country.
Jamila Radi, who teaches in a vocational training institute, said it is not the work which is lacking, but rather the workers capable of doing it. She noted that while the aeronautics sector is "promising", the employee shortage is making itself felt in other areas. "We need to train some 70,000 graduates in tourism, 75,000 in textiles, 60,000 in information and communication technology [and] 60,000 in agriculture," Radi said, adding that young people who want to learn a trade need an effective career guidance system.
Professional training is coming to be valued more and more. In recent years, 4,000 graduates have joined vocational training institutions in recent years. Of these students, 41% graduate with high marks and 80% receive their diploma at the end of the programme.
To meet training needs, the government intends to create 50 new centres and increase the capacity of ten more by 2010.
However, a great many graduates from vocational training institutions find it hard to get a job once they have been awarded their diploma. To help them find their way into employment, there is a plan to set up 20 new national agencies to promote work and skills (ANAPEC), to meet a target of 70 total agencies in 2008.
Four other agencies will provide help for graduates who opt to take the foreign employment route.
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hamza Posted 2008-02-07
I hope that all this will get fulfilled.
elaadily brahim Posted 2008-03-29
Salam. I want to take the exam.
Ahmed Posted 2008-04-14
I am an intern at the Office for Professional Advancement and Work Promotion. I think that I am truly doing a real internship because I am learning a lot of things that are useful in my future work. Thus, the OFPPT is very important to having a beneficial job. Thank you
الطاهري Posted 2008-05-26
Vocational training is important to produce skills that can meet the requirements of the job market.
bouziyan Posted 2008-06-09
Teaching the repair of electric engines.
ZAK Posted 2008-06-28
I am Moroccan. I am 16 years old. I do not like studying. I would like to do "takwin mihani". How do I go about doing this? What are the conditions for admission?
محمد العمري Posted 2008-07-14
I am a Moroccan young man. I am 20. I failed last year at university but fortunately I was admitted in the branch of baker pastry maker. I thank this site. I hope that you will create partnerships with some businesses and hotels to help us. Thank you. I want a reply please.
meriem Posted 2008-07-18
Salam. I have failed in the baccalaureate exam this year. I still haven't gone to any training centre. My question to you is the following: are any of the training centres still open for registration? Thank you. I want a reply please.
nihad Posted 2008-07-19
I am a 20 years old girl. I want to know the professions which are taught at the vocational treaining centre in the town of Ksar El Kebir.
b.aharrat Posted 2008-08-05
Hi everybody, I am a young man. I am 31 years old. I have a Bac+4 in geography. Well, I advise you, my friends, to be more realistic and get more motivated about your future. Diplomas don’t mean anything when it comes to reality. Like they say, "go get 'em, tiger". Otherwise, just stay like you are and keep waiting for it to rain money. -Sincerely
nasser Posted 2008-09-09
Salam. I am a Moroccan young man. I am 21. I want to enroll at the vocational training centre. They don’t want to register me and I don’t know why. Should I give them money or what? We always go to see them and they say come back tomorrow. I go, and there is nothing. I live very far away from Nador. I live in Tamsman, province of Nador. I hope Muslims will solve this problem for me. I will be lost if I don’t study in the vocational training centre of Nador
سارة Posted 2008-09-12
I am Sara from Morocco. I am 19. I haven’t completed my studies. I want an institute for training girls in informatics.
hanae filali Posted 2008-09-19
I am Hanane from Tangier. I want to join the vocational training centre to learn fashion design.
yassine Posted 2008-09-23
How are you? Never mind, there will be good God willing. I am also in the vocational training. Thank you. Bye.
koko Posted 2008-10-09
Vocational training is a waste of time.
mohmed Posted 2008-10-10
I am a young man who is 20. I am looking for a training in accounting even if I haven’t completed the appropriate educational level. I have studied in the eighth grade of the secondary. I ask you to open training opportunities in this level. Thank you.
messaoud Posted 2008-11-17
I am a young man from Algeria, I want a training because I am the only one among my friends who wasn't successful. I want to have a profession.
ouadie Posted 2008-11-18
Well, I think that the trainers at these institutes are inadequate in terms of quality. In my opinion, I would say that most graduates lots of trouble finding work.
متدرب سابق Posted 2008-11-19
Moroccan Professional training itself requires training. Many of its trainers live in miserable conditions as their wages are late. They work with a contract which doesn’t guarantee any right for them. So how will their performance be in that condition? Moreover, there is a lack and absence of tools, training tools and a serious shortage in human resources. And where have the money of the training centres gone? There is also a problem which I experienced together with thousands of people like me. We have completed our training years ago in the qualification level but I have not yet received my diploma even though I passed. All what I said is just a few examples of a big problem.
karima Posted 2008-12-13
Salam alikum. I am Karima. I was born in the Netherlands. We have returned to Morocco. I am still studying now in the baccalaureate but I want to join a vocational training centre. But I want to join any branch associated with Dutch as I am still fluent in Dutch. Thank you very much.
حمداني زكرياء Posted 2008-12-16
I am a student. I am 16. I left studies in the third year of the lower secondary and want to join a vocational training centre. Is that possible? What are the necessary conditions? Please reply. Thank you.
الى حمداني زكرياء. متدرب سابق Posted 2008-12-19
If you have completed the third year of secondary education, you can study in the qualification level after taking exam. Registration begins from the middle of April. The exam is held at the end of May. The registration file includes simple documents and 450 dirhams if you pass the exam. You can also register in the specialisation level without taking any exam. You will need just a few documents and 300 dirhams. I don’t want to be long, just visit the nearest training centre or the site of the vocational training centre www.ofppt.org.ma. May God assist you.
najlae Posted 2008-12-22
Hi- I am 28 years old. I hold a bac. I would like to know if I have the right to register with a professional training centre.
عادل Posted 2008-12-31
I am a young man from Morocco. I am 24. I have a diploma of the vocational training in the level of qualification. Please advise me. I am looking for an institute or centre to get an excellent diploma or advantage which will help me in the professional life with the payment of a monthly sum.
الى najlae Posted 2009-01-03
There are vocational training centres and institutes which accept trainees below thirty. These institutes are mainly located in rural areas.
ikram Posted 2009-01-08
I have a diploma from the Vocational Training Centre. I want to set up my own business. I want to know if there are any aids from the state?
رجاء Posted 2009-02-02
I am still studying and this is my last year at high school. I want to register in the vocational training. I would like to know if they will contact me even if I didn’t get my Baccalaureate diploma. God is the assistant.
hajer Posted 2009-02-13
I hold a degree in industrial chemistry. I would really like to start my own little business. I so want to have ideas.
Jacques TURCHET Posted 2009-02-13
Hello- I know Morocco well and I noted the great need for education in the field of industrial and commercial refrigeration, especially with regards to air conditioning and refrigeration maintenance. This is unfortunate, because a lot of young people could get started in this promising profession. Personally, I know the problem well because I have been training young people and adults in France and Africa in the field of industrial, agricultural, medical and maritime refrigeration for more than fifteen years. During my stays in Morocco, I met a lot of young people who were either requesting installation or installers themselves and who came to see me in order to ask how to perfect things in the filed. I did what I could, but it was necessary to practically be on site all the time. I reprinted them the technical documents I wrote when I spent eight years developing refrigeration units in a technical centre in France with some modification because there had been some developments. –Jacques Turchet, agricultural and refrigeration engineer.
salsabila Posted 2009-02-16
I am a Moroccan young girl. I set up an association to help graduates of the vocational training. But we faced many difficulties including sources of funding though we have great ideas and big ambition.
عزالدين Posted 2009-02-17
There is no good except what is chosen by God. Everyone of us should happy with his fate. So go ahead everyone notwithstanding obstacles. You should study science because it is an obligation. “Look for knowledge from the cradle to the tomb”. Salam, your brother Azzedine.
zouhir Posted 2009-02-22
I am Zouhir from the town of Zaio. I want information about vocational training.
محمد Posted 2009-03-02
Peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon you. I am Mohamed from Morocco. I am 19. I study in the third year of the secondary. I want to know how to register in the vocational training and what are its conditions? What is the registration fee? Thank you.
فرح Posted 2009-03-03
Salam young people, you need determination to succeed. May God grant us all success, God willing.
badar Posted 2009-03-11
I want to learn mechanics profession.
mostafa Posted 2009-03-19
Salam, I am Mostafa. I am 15. I study in the ninth year of the lower secondary. I would like to join vocational training centres. How is that possible and what are necessary conditions?
hicham Posted 2009-03-19
I have a bac in the sciences. I would like to study electrical mechanics this year at a training centre. Which centres are suitable for this training? –Thank you
zuhir Posted 2009-03-27
I have a diploma of lower secondary. I want to join the vocational training. I want to join the industrial electricity maintenance, electromechanics and maintenance of electromechanics devices.
yousra Posted 2009-04-06
Hi, how are you. I want a solution to the problem of my studies. I left school one year ago. I have studied in the level of the baccalaureate. I want to join a centre. I don't know what to do. Reply to me to go to a centre.
said wahid Posted 2009-04-08
I am a student in the last year of the baccalaureate. I am looking for a job.
yassin Posted 2009-04-09
I want to know whether it is possible to register in the vocational training. I still study in the first year of the baccalaureate. I really hope to apply.
yassin Posted 2009-04-09
Peace be upon those who guided us, believed in God and His messenger. I want to know the cost of vocational training in order to register in mechanics. I study in the first year of the baccalaureate.
كرواني Posted 2009-04-09
I want to know the deadline for registration in electromechanics in the city of Kenitra.
quqmqa abdelmajid Posted 2009-04-10
In the name of God the most gracious the most merciful. I am a young man, 26. I want to join the vocational training next year, God willing. I want you to help me because I left studies in the sixth year of the primary. Now I work in the private sector in the urban commune. I want to be productive, God willing, in Moroccan society.
anas Posted 2009-04-14
So, my name is Anas. I am from Casablanca. I am 18 years old. I would like to know what vocational education centres are in Casablanca. –Thank you in advance
rabia Posted 2009-04-15
I am a young girl 25. I had the baccalaureate in 2006. I enrolled at the university of law in Tangier. However, I haven't studied for three years. I have just enrolled. But I have decided now to study in the faculty of Islamic law in Tetouan. My question: is it possible even if I haven't studied at the university where I enrolled? How can I do this, I mean transfer from a university to another? Can I apply for an enrollment certificate from the university where I enrolled though I haven't studied there but just to get a passport?
hiba Posted 2009-04-15
Salam. I haven't completed my studies as well. I have reached the fourth year. I want to join an institute to study and benefit from it in my future. Can you reply please? Thank you.
الحسين Posted 2009-04-16
I am a pupil in the high school Mohamed VI in Al Nif. I am 17 and hail from the town of Zagoura. As you know, the educational sector is developing in Morocco. I have a problem in the first and second foreign languages. What’s the solution in your opinion?
wafaa Posted 2009-04-21
Salam alikum. I am a pupil. I study in the baccalaureate. I want to register in a a vocational training centre but don't know what to do. What is your advice to me and pupils like me? Please inform us and offer an opportunity to us. God bless you. We hope not to disappoint you. Thank you.
mustapha Posted 2009-04-29
Salam alikum. I am a pupil studying in the baccalaureate. I want to register in a vocational training centre but I don't know what to do. What is your advice for me and students like me. I study in the arts branch. Please inform us and open opportunities for us. God bless you. We hope that we won't disappoint you. Thank you.
بويمزكان محمد Posted 2009-05-20
I am a Moroccan young man. I am 28. I live in the city of Agadir. I would like to get a job in industrial refrigeration.
rachid Posted 2009-05-20
Salam alikum. My name is Rachid from Kenitra. I would like to know if there any prospects for these institutions. Is there a guaranteed work after getting the diploma?
cc Posted 2009-05-22
I have not obtained the diploma of vocational training for the year 2005 in Fès.
noura Posted 2009-05-23
I am a young girl who has the baccalaureate degree in arts. I applied for many general training schools last year but I don't know why I was not accepted in any of them. I hope that I will be accepted this year so that I won't waste the year especially in the specialized centre of hotel catering and restaurants. I have one observation, the cost of the file this year is 30 dirhams, this is too much. Thank you.
Anonymous Posted 2009-05-24
All the weaker teachers must all be motivated too.
khaoula Posted 2009-05-26
Hi- I am 18 years old. I am taking the bac exam for the second time in a few days. I have been severely ill for more than a month now. I am not going to take the exam. I am going to provide the administration with a medical certificate, but I do not know what will come of it afterward. Please, is there is anyone who can give me some information about this subject? -Thank you
sanae Posted 2009-05-30
Salam. I am a young girl. I am 22. I didn't get the baccalaureate. So I chose vocational training in which I found myself. There is just one problem. I am not fluent in French.
أبوهاشم Posted 2009-05-31
Salam alikum. The idea of the site seems very good for many considerations. But I have an observation, you should make a linguistic revision. In this regard, I offer you to assign this task to me. Here are some of the mistakes in the topic: Morocco boosts vocational education programmes."10 ملايين درهما" the correct form is “درهم », and elsewhere: “70.00 خريجا », “70.000 أو 7.000 خريج » ; “4000 خريجا », the correct form is “خريج ».
tayib Posted 2009-06-03
Hi- I would like to know the legal framework for vocational training. Help me, please. I am in the midst of a big crisis.
fatima zahra Posted 2009-06-03
For me, vocational training centres are the shortest way for the sons of the people to work and if they don't find job they can do little jobs.
najib hamza Posted 2009-06-10
I agree with the opinion of colleagues about this topic.
yassine Posted 2009-06-13
Salam. How are you? I wish success to all Moroccans. I was also a student but praise be to God I studied in the vocational training. I got my diploma and now I am working, praise be to God. I wish all the good. Those who want to achieve something will reach it but they must work for it. Ok, bye.
حسن Posted 2009-06-21
I am Hassan, I am 19 from Tangier. I don't like studies. I want to join vocational training. I want some advice.
issam Posted 2009-06-28
I am Issam from Morocco. I want to register in the vocational training. I have studied in the first year of the baccalaureate. I want to realize my future. How can I register and what are the necessary conditions to register? I am 20.
mohamed Posted 2009-06-29
Hello- I would like to know if there are vocational schools in Rabat for students in their ninth year in secondary school.
nermine Posted 2009-06-30
I have a diploma in agriculture and I am qualified. I would like to continue my studies. I was one of the top five. What should I do?
rida Posted 2009-07-03
Salam. I am Rida. I am a car mechanic. I have a diploma from a vocational training centre in El Jadida. I thank officials in the vocational training centre very much.
سلام Posted 2009-07-03
I am a young man, 18. I have an elementary school certificate and want to join vocational training.
ofppt Posted 2009-07-04
Salam. If you want to register in the vocational training, this is the site www.inscription-ofppt.ma
HAFID Posted 2009-07-08
I am a young man, 20. I am still confused about taking a decision to join the vocational training centre as I hold on to the school. Please help me take the right decision.
Anonymous Posted 2009-07-17
Salam alikum. I am Keltoum from Casablanca. I study in the first year of the baccalaureate exam. I hope to access a rescue institute in Casablanca. If any has information about this institute, send it to my email. May God reward you with good.
kawtar Posted 2009-07-25
Hi. I want to enroll in the vocational centre of Kenitra. Is there a branch of computer science?
حسام Posted 2009-08-01
Salam alikum. I am Houssam. I want to know addresses of centres where I can study printing in Casablanca.
mohamed Posted 2009-08-02
My name is Mohamed. I study in the fourth year of the secondary and I have passed. I left school one year ago. I want to go back to apply for vocational training. I want you to tell me available subjects in vocational training. I want to choose mechanics. Tell necessary conditions in vocational training. Reply.
سعيد Posted 2009-08-07
Salam alikum. God bless you for these efforts you provide for the reform of the Moroccan young people. I am looking for a training about fishes, (I want to specialize in this field because I like it and wish to work in it) and meats (butchery work). My question is: is there any training in this specialty in Casablanca. I am looking forward to a reply. God bless you. Salam alikum.
zouhair Posted 2009-08-12
I am Zouhair from the city of Fekih Ben Saleh. I want to move from Meknes University of law to the Fes University of law. I need help with that.
Jacques Turchet Posted 2009-08-14
Hello - I read all of the comments and I took into consideration all the difficulties everyone is pointing out. It is not easy, because there's always the financial side, and without finances, we cannot, unfortunately, do much. But, you must not lose courage. There is always a means to find a solution. I would, however, like to tell you one thing, and, because it is the basis for your career and your future, it is important – it comes in the form of an example of training, which I will give you: Whether you like studying our not, know that in the development of our society, you need to have a certain intellectual weight in order to face up to and understand life’s difficulties. This is your means of defence, and you have to see it the full way through in order to succeed. You have the luck of being able to get instruction, and this opportunity your parents and grand parents did not always have. So, do not pass this opportunity by. Do all that you can and you will see that sometime in the future it will serve you well. No knowledge is useless in life, even if it seems like wasted time in acquiring it. Do not remain inculcated and ignorant. Get out of your rut and you will see that you will succeed. What is important is not only knowing how to count, but also knowing how to communicate and express yourself properly and effectively in order to get what you want. There you have it: the message I have to give you. I know Morocco well, as I go there regularly. I take part in developmental mission. Stay strong, everyone. –Jacques Turchet, Refrigeration and Agro-engineer
mohamed Posted 2009-08-19
I am Moroccan. I am 18. I don't like studies. I want to join vocational training. How can I do that? What are necessary conditions?
saaid Posted 2009-08-20
I want to tell you, my brothers, I have a problem. I have been accepted to study mechanics in the qualification centre. I have repeated the baccalaureate and don't know what to do. Reply brothers, do I sit again for the baccalaureate or study mechanics with a qualification level?
b.aharrat Posted 2009-08-23
Hi- It has been a year since I came to this forum. I note that the young Moroccans are really qualified and have a lot of skill. Poor country. We need to put our hands together for our own betterment. Good luck, everyone!
soufiane Posted 2009-09-06
My name is Soufiane from the city of Settat. I advise everyone who is 17 to complete their studies or go to adequate vocational training in order to have a nice life in future.
awatif Posted 2009-09-06
I am Awatif from the town of Oued Zem. I want to ask about the branch of accounting, is it better? I am confused. Thank you.
ilham Posted 2009-09-25
I am Ilham from the city of Agadir. I am inquiring about available courses in the vocational training for students in the elementary and entry conditions.
ayyoub Posted 2009-09-27
My name is Ayyoub. I am 17. I want to register with you in vocational training. I hope you will select me. I love electricity. I hope God will grant me success in training.
zineb Posted 2009-09-27
I am Zineb from Morocco. I am 21. I study in the 9th grade. I am looking for an adequate training. I hope you will help me.
hassna Posted 2009-09-28
I want to register.
nancy Posted 2009-09-29
I study in vocational training in Agadir. I specialize in pastry baking. I want to get a job in my field of expertise.
khalid Posted 2009-10-03
I study in the institute. I study in the fourth year of the baccalaureate. Is there any future, possible hopes?
mona Posted 2009-10-04
I study in the baccalaureate. I want to know prospects for studies if I don't succeed in studies. Thank you.
issam Posted 2009-10-06
Salam alikum. My name is Issam. I am 19. I am looking for some training but I don’t have an adequate educational background. I have reached the eight grade of the elementary. Can I join some good training? I want you to help me. May God bless you.
omar Posted 2009-10-17
I am Omar from Kénitra. I have registered in vocational training in aluminum. Do they grant a diploma or certificate? Please reply. Thank you because I will begin studies on 1/11.
Jacques TURCHET Posted 30 days ago
In response to Saïd- Salam, I read your message and I advise you to get back to work and pass your bac exam. You will always have time to get into mechanics afterwards, if that is to your liking. Know that life is not made up only of joy and pleasure; you have to work hard in order to succeed. Learning and knowledge are important. Personally, I, the person who is advising you, was once young like you, with ideas filling my head. I abandoned my studies for what I thought to be something good. I went into mechanics just like you, but even quicker. I was confronted by the difficult reality that I needed to re-start my studies at the university level because I did not have the necessary knowledge. These studies cost a lot, because you have to pay them and manage the studying at all costs. When you pursue these studies late, you do not have the right to make a mistake. Afterward, I became a teacher and I always had this conversation with my students.
abdou Posted 8 days ago
Salam alikum. I am Abdou from Casa and Marrakech. I am 16. I left school in the fourth grade. I thought I would be successful in vocational training but I faced many difficulties and I withdrew. Now I have not completed my studies and haven't done vocational training.
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