The effective start of courses for the 2020-2021 school year will take place on September 7, announced the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research.
Thus, lessons will start on September 7 for preschool, the three cycles of education (primary, secondary college and secondary qualifying) and the preparation classes for the Higher Technician Certificate (BTS), while the classes dedicated to students of non-formal education will begin classes on October 5, the ministry said in a statement.
The start of the school year will start on September 1 under the sign “For a renewed, equitable, civic and inclusive school”, with the resumption of post by the executives and officials of the educational administration and the inspectorate, the executives in charge. management of financial services, guidance and educational planning frameworks and administrative, educational and social support and common administrative frameworks, it is reported.
The ministry also set September 2 as the deadline for resuming post for the teaching staff, all grades combined, noting the publication of the ministerial decision on the organization of the 2020-2021 school year which aims to program and determine the different stages, operations and activities for the next school year and the related schedule.
The period from 1 to 5 September will be devoted to the completion of the various technical aspects relating to the start of the school year, in order to ensure the right conditions for the start of courses in the various educational establishments, under the supervision of the administration. pedagogical, with the participation of the teaching staff, underlines the same source.
It was also decided to devote the first lessons, from September 7 to October 3, to the diagnosis and evaluation of the pupils’ achievements before starting the support lessons, taking into account their learning assessment during the period of confinement, while the school program will be implemented from October 5, while continuing to consolidate student achievements through the programming of support courses for learners who will need it, continues the ministry.
With the aim of strengthening the links between educational establishments and their environment and consolidating the role of the family, as an essential partner of the school and within the framework of the implementation of the provisions of the framework law 51 -17 relating to the education, training and scientific research system, it was decided to organize meetings between the parents of the students and the teachers twice a year at least and this, during the first week of the month of October and after the first semester, we note.
Given the exceptional circumstances due to the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19), certain novelties will be incorporated into the provisions of the ministerial decision, which aim to organize a re-entry under normal conditions, the press release noted, adding that these novelties are linked, in particular, to the distance education system.
In this sense, it is specified, the possibility of amending and adapting the implementation of the provisions of this ministerial decision, if necessary, in the light of the evolution of the epidemiological situation. in Morocco and in such a way as to ensure educational continuity for all learners, at all levels, under optimal safety conditions and in accordance with the health standards and criteria established by the competent authorities.
This decision also provides for the school holiday calendar for primary, secondary college and qualifying secondary education, as well as for preparation classes for the BTS, indicates the ministry, noting that the principle of rotation on the basis of 6 to 7 weeks of lessons, followed by a week of vacation.
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