 Activities
Advancing Learning and Employability for a Better Future (ALEF)
The ALEF program works in both basic and vocational education. In basic education, ALEF helps promote initiative and creativity in school teachers and students to achieve greater quality and relevance of classroom education. The project includes a girls’ dormitories component implemented with key partners, l'Entraide Nationale and the National Federation of Charity Associations. In its women’s literacy component, ALEF works with 28 associations, using learner-friendly materials based on the Family Code and on an innovative pre-literacy approach in Moroccan Arabic and Berber dialects. In vocational training, ALEF works with agricultural training centers that prepare technicians (aged 15 years and up) for employment in the agribusiness sector. It works directly with the private sector to increase the number of qualified young people to work in the growing tourism industry. ICT and entrepreneurial skills are integrated into all elements of the various program activities. www.alef.ma
The Moroccan Education for Employment Alliance (MEEA)
The Morocco Education Employment Alliance brings together private sector, NGO and government leaders to determine critical training needs for disenfranchised youth and enhance their chances of finding employment opportunities through upgrading their technical training as well as the essential life skills needed in today’s workplace. The objective of the program is to build bridges between school and work for disadvantaged young men and women, making what and how they learn relevant to the needs of the labor market. The MEEA steering committee members represent leading Moroccan business federations, associations and foundations. www.eeaonline.org
Civic Education
In an effort to equip young people with appropriate skills to become responsible citizens using democratic principles, the Moroccan Civic Education Center is implementing programs in several hundred schools. Students are learning to identify a problem in their local community, research current policies, search for solutions, build action plans, and present and negotiate their plans with local authorities. The program also provides training for Moroccan secondary school teachers in the use of civic education tools in their classrooms. www.civiced.org/index.php
E-Equality in the IT Sector in Morocco
USAID entered into a partnership with Cisco Systems, UNIFEM and the Government of Morocco to enhance the employability and inclusion of women in the IT sector. The program provides students in 11 Moroccan high schools and vocational schools Cisco Certified Network Associate training and other IT training courses. In addition, the program has introduced “job-preparedness training,” basic life skills for the workplace that make students more employable. The partners are integrating this program into the technical training curricula throughout the country. Model career guidance centers are being set up in participating institutions to strengthen the link with the private sector. www.e-parite.ma
Scholarship for Success program
Since 1999, a partnership among USAID, Rural Girls’ Educational Support Committee (CSSF), and private donors has built a network of small, local NGO’s to provide boarding facilities near middle schools (receiving 20-25 girls each) to enable rural middle school girls to continue their education. Many of these local NGOs have become financially independent due to the skills they learned during the program. Since its inception, new homes have been opened for girls around the country. A result equally important as these young scholars’ success is the attitude change among their parents who now believe in the value of educating their daughters, thus turning these illiterate parents into advocates for education. www.comitessf.org
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