School dropout Forum in Fès on the fight against this phenomenon

A forum on the fight against school dropout will take place, Thursday, at the Regional Center for Training and National Meetings of Fès, around the theme “Youth Speak or young people express themselves”.

Initiated jointly by the Non-Formal Education Directorate (DENF) of the Ministry of National Education and the ITQANE project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), this meeting will be mainly dedicated to the presentation of the results of a study on school dropout at the middle school level.

While recalling that several initiatives have already been carried out to prevent school dropout in Morocco, the organizers believe, however, in a presentation note of the Forum, that “it is rare that young people are directly involved in the design of these initiatives, or that their opinion is taken into consideration”.

This is how “Youth Speak or young people express themselves” is intended to be a research activity centered on young people and led by them. “Youth Speak” allowed twenty-four young researchers to make their own diagnosis of the school dropout situation, to share on the factors that influence the decision to drop out with stakeholders in the field, and to propose, from there, actions that, according to them, could reduce the dropout rate.

This day will be an opportunity for these young researchers to express themselves on the challenges posed by the transition of out-of-school youth from middle school to the world of employment and active life.

Local actors, representatives of international cooperation agencies, and civil society associations, working in the fields of youth, education, and employment, will participate in the debates scheduled during this forum.

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