In Morocco children can enter schooling at the age of four. This is optional, for it is only pre-school education. The primary education consists of children ages six to twelve years old for six years. Students are required to pass Certificate d’etudes primaries to be eligible for admission in lower secondary schools.
Once this is passed, students spend three years in lower-middle school. After nine years’ basic education, students enter general secondary education where they are offered three options: letters, sciences, or mathematics. Upon completion, they are awarded the Baccalaureat. They may also choose a technical path, leading to the Baccalaureat technique. This is where the drop-out rate is highest, and the gender rates contrast more significantly.
From ages fifteen to eighteen students attend tertiary education. This system consists of both private and public institutes. There are fourteen public universities in Morocco, in addition to a large number of private universities. The enrollment rate at this level is only 11%. Admission to public universities requires only a bachelor’s degree, whereas admission to other higher public education, such as engineering school require competitive special tests and special training before the exams. At all levels the basic requirement is a good knowledge of Arabic or French.
Schooling in Morocco is quite similar to schooling in the United States, for both have three levels of education with similar age and gender rates. Also, a type of diploma is obtained once graduating the final level, with alike academic courses taken to pass. Private and public education is offered in both countries too. A signifigance difference in the two systems is the lack of extra curricular activities in Morocco. They are quite limited in the arts and sports, and focus more in the technical field.
A typical school day in Morocco is 5.5 hours in the 1st and 2nd grade, increasing ever second year until the 9th grade, when it reaches seven hours a day. Arabic is the main language during the first two years. French is introduced in the 3rd grade, and then taught with more hours a week than Arabic. At the ‘high school’ level, basic literature, science, mathematics, history, and technical studies is taught throughout each day. Most students have dropped out by this point, so attending high school in Morocco is a great accomplishment.
Once this is passed, students spend three years in lower-middle school. After nine years’ basic education, students enter general secondary education where they are offered three options: letters, sciences, or mathematics. Upon completion, they are awarded the Baccalaureat. They may also choose a technical path, leading to the Baccalaureat technique. This is where the drop-out rate is highest, and the gender rates contrast more significantly.
From ages fifteen to eighteen students attend tertiary education. This system consists of both private and public institutes. There are fourteen public universities in Morocco, in addition to a large number of private universities. The enrollment rate at this level is only 11%. Admission to public universities requires only a bachelor’s degree, whereas admission to other higher public education, such as engineering school require competitive special tests and special training before the exams. At all levels the basic requirement is a good knowledge of Arabic or French.
Schooling in Morocco is quite similar to schooling in the United States, for both have three levels of education with similar age and gender rates. Also, a type of diploma is obtained once graduating the final level, with alike academic courses taken to pass. Private and public education is offered in both countries too. A signifigance difference in the two systems is the lack of extra curricular activities in Morocco. They are quite limited in the arts and sports, and focus more in the technical field.
A typical school day in Morocco is 5.5 hours in the 1st and 2nd grade, increasing ever second year until the 9th grade, when it reaches seven hours a day. Arabic is the main language during the first two years. French is introduced in the 3rd grade, and then taught with more hours a week than Arabic. At the ‘high school’ level, basic literature, science, mathematics, history, and technical studies is taught throughout each day. Most students have dropped out by this point, so attending high school in Morocco is a great accomplishment.
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