King Mohammed VI Urges Education Equality at International School Improvement Congress

The royal message stressed an imperative: equitable access to school and quality education. Placed under the high patronage of the King, this thirty-third International Congress being held in Morocco and focusing on "School Effectiveness and Improvement" undoubtedly attests, according to Mohammed VI, to the credibility enjoyed by the Kingdom, both in the eyes of the various international bodies and institutions, and among brotherly, friendly and partner countries.

Indeed, Morocco is thus becoming the first Arab and African country to host these proceedings, the previous sessions of which have been exclusively held in countries in Europe, America and Asia. As a result, for the sovereign, "the holding of this Congress in Marrakech embodies the will of the international educational community to strengthen North-South and South-South cooperation relations, in order to enhance the quality of education systems by establishing a more effective school".

Welcoming the objectives of this Congress, Mohammed VI noted that it also highlights "the pioneering role that African countries, thanks to the importance of their young population, can play in enriching the debate on improving the quality of education and training".

In this royal message, delivered to the audience by the Minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Saaid Amzazi, the sovereign especially expressed the wish that at the end of this congress, "the best answers to the main expectations of developing countries aspiring to equip themselves with more efficient education systems and able to align with advanced educational models" be formulated.