The failure of education in Morocco: is the French language to blame?

Many experts and stakeholders attribute the failure of the education system in Morocco to the decline of the French language, calling for the adoption of English to change the situation.

The debate over abandoning French in favor of English comes up every year before the start of the school year. According to Said Bennis, an academic and social science expert, French “is not a school language and the switch to English is a functional necessity.” In a statement to HespressHe noted that countries like Korea and Finland, which have successfully made this transition to English, “have experienced an important historical period called positive translation.” During this period, “everything written in English is translated into the national or official language, and through this translation, the official national language of the country becomes a school language after being a language of instruction,” he explained.