The agreements were signed by minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, government spokesman, Saaid Amzazi and president of the Moroccan Association of Dyslexia, Samira Laghrib, president of the National Union of Associations working in the field of mental disability in Morocco, Nadia Atia and the member of the board of directors of the Foundation for the management of the Mohammed VI National Center for the disabled, Mohamed El Azami.
On this occasion, Amzazi said that these agreements are part of the implementation of the provisions of the framework law No. 51-17 and the guidelines of the national project of inclusive education, launched on June 26, 2019 under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI.
According to the agreement signed with the Moroccan Association of Dyslexia, the ministry will develop spaces to facilitate the schooling of children with learning disabilities, while working to build the capacity of administrative, educational and health staff in the field of educational and pedagogical intervention strategies to facilitate the schooling of this category of students.
The Association will mobilize, for its part, all possible human and financial resources to provide good training to the beneficiaries of the various programs established, and will organize training courses for the benefit of pedagogical and administrative staff of the national education sector.
The National Union of associations working in the field of mental disability in Morocco will contribute, as part of its framework agreement signed with the ministry, to the rehabilitation of spaces for inclusive educational institutions and the training of staff in the field of inclusive education in schools.
Regarding the agreement signed with the Mohammed VI National Center for the disabled, the ministry is committed to expanding the school offer for disabled students who have reached school age.
The ministry is committed to developing spaces to facilitate the education of people with mental disabilities, and to overseeing the pedagogical and administrative management of inclusive education programs, in addition to capacity building for teachers, administrators and health workers.
For its part, the Center will contribute to the medical and paramedical educational diagnosis for the benefit of this category of students, strengthen the capacities of pedagogical and administrative staff working in the field of inclusive education and will organize training sessions and educational activities in the field of disability.