FULL-DAY WORKSHOP IN RABAT ON INTEGRATION OF SAHARAN-HASSANI CULTURE IN TRAINING AND EDUCATION CURRICULA

The National Human Rights Council holds a full-day workshop to discuss and exchange on the integration of the Saharan-Hassani Culture in the training and education system. The workshop will be held at the headquarters of Mohammed VI Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Training, in Rabat, on Thursday, June 27, 2013. It will start at 9:00 a.m.

This workshop is organized within the framework of the Council’s efforts and contribution to promoting cultural rights, mainly linguistic rights, preserving heritage and implementing the Constitution, which affirms that the Hassani culture is one of the components of the Moroccan identity. It aims to open a scientific and serene debate on the position of the Saharan-Hassani culture in public policies, mainly in the sector of education and training.

Discussions will revolve around a platform drafted by a group of research and studies on the Saharan Sahel, in partnership with the Regional Academy for Education and Training in the region of Laayoune-Sakia el Hamra. The platform is entitled “For the Integration of the Saharan-Hassani Culture in School Curricula”. It includes several proposals and measures and recommends a pedagogical framework that takes into account the transmission of the Hassanic heritage between generations and its integration in the educational process, within families and in schools alike. It also recommends that this culture should be included in the curricula of schools in the Sothern Provinces, in implementation of the regionalization of the National Charter for Education and Training.

The platform will be presented and discussed in this workshop. Several presentations will be given in this regard: “Integration of the Hassani culture in the educational system through regional curricula”, “Education on values through Hassani proverbs”, “Integrating the Hassani culture in school curricula – the history course as an example”, “Contributing to the integration of the Hassani culture in educational programs: through a unit experience, philosophy course, common-core syllabus”; “Implementation of local curricula; experience of the Academy of Oued Eddahab-Lagouira, as an example”, and “Regional curricula in university education, University of Ibn Zohr”.