Assembly denounces the decline in the teaching of Amazigh in Morocco

Rachi El Hahi[/caption] Written by Rachid El Hahi. Posted in Info While the Amazigh have not yet completed the battle of the census that ignored the UN Recommendations on the mother tongue and has marginalized the Amazigh and Tamazight in the census forms, here is a series of illegal and discriminatory decisions are made by the delegates of the Ministry of Education in several cities. Moreover, the Minister of National Education and Vocational Training, Mr. Rachid Belmokhtar, said at a press conference at the headquarters of the Greater Maghreb Agency that “the formalization of the Amazigh language does not involve teaching. ”  The same minister added that to reform the Moroccan school so she can offer a fair, to all citizens a quality education and training, based on the values ​​and principles of the prominent countries in the new project entitled “A new school for a citizen of tomorrow”, it was decided to focus the priority provisions during the current school year in order to achieve this vision, the mastery of the Arabic language and mastery lessons fundamentals, based on a new curriculum covering four years of primary education and on the delineation of passing scores between cycles. Along with this, the minister has completely ignored the Amazigh, articulating his teaching to the enactment of the Organic Law of the Supreme Council of Languages, ignoring all conventions and government policies that have worked for the integration of Amazigh in the educational system for ten years, even before the recent constitutional reforms in Morocco. We in the Amazigh World Assembly, noting the continuity of the policy of marginalization, of delay and discrimination against the Amazigh, declare to the public that: Similar Items Press Amazigh World Assembly on racist practices of States of North Africa against Amazigh The World Assembly Amazigh demand the dismissal of the High Commissioner for Planning for the census   – We consider the statement of the Minister of Education and its new project on the Moroccan school as racist discrimination and a staggering decline. It is not the only step back from the Amazigh. The situation in education is the same in other areas, although the Amazigh an official mango as stipulated in the Moroccan constitution. – We affirm that the initiative of the Ministry of Education for Amazigh is gout that broke the camel in the field of racism and discrimination against Amazigh, at work in the era of the new constitution. – We assume the state, the government and political parties, opposition and majority, the full responsibility for making racist against Amazigh, in addition to procrastination for the implementation of the formalization of the Amazigh as stipulated by the constitution. – We call on the active and autonomous Amazigh movement to the union to develop a common strategy, launch a series of initiatives that address the Amazigh issue comprehensively, in order to put an end to discrimination and satisfaction Amazigh cultural and linguistic rights in full. We reaffirm our side, we remain open to all sincere proposals and initiatives and we reiterate the need to implement the Amazigh practical initiatives on the basis of the unity of purpose and routing to the greatest achievement of the protest action. http://www.amazighnews.net/20140930998/AMA-denonce-le-recul-de-enseignement-de-amazighe-au-Maroc.html ]]>