"Our country has no other choice but to speed up the upgrading of its education system to ensure a fair and quality school offer, equal access to education, the educational advancement of pupils, the transparency of the training offer and the sustainability of financial resources needed by the education system in the long term," said Mr. Akhannouch, who was answering a question on "the state of education and the reform plan" during the monthly session on public policy at the House of Advisors.

Reforming education and training have become, more than ever, an essential issue to promote social cohesion, justice and peace, he said.

"This is an objective that must spur us all to show a real willingness to change management patterns and establish a clear and ambitious framework," according to the Head of Government.

In this regard, he pointed out that the government has established the development of human capital as one of the pillars for the consolidation of the welfare State, by focusing on the success of equal opportunity schools and by promoting interest in culture and sport, as essential access points for all citizens to enjoy their constitutional right to education and progress.

Mr. Akhannouch explained that the government program is built on a holistic approach to ensure equal opportunities for education through six main axes, namely generalization of primary schooling to all children aged 4 years; reinforcement of basic skills in primary education, especially reading, writing, mathematics and coding; generalization of communal schools, transportation and school canteens; development of the teaching profession and skill-strengthening by investing in higher education and scientific research, in addition to vocational training and continuing education.

These fundamental axes, he said, will allow implementation of the recommendations of the New Development Model aimed at making a real leap in the education system, while placing the public school at the heart of the societal project by 2035.

Mr. Akhannouch emphasized the need to overcome the multidimensional crisis affecting the national education system by regaining trust in Moroccan schools and teachers and restoring their role in responding to the rapid transformations that the world is experiencing today.