Arab teachers session for human rights training opens

A training session for Arab teachers in matters of human rights and peace, opened in Rabat Monday.

More than 50 teachers and education decision-makers are attending the session, held, sept.4 through 9, in cooperation with the Geneva-based Human Rights and Education Center. The event features round tables on human rights and the right to education and democracy and women's rights in the Arab World.

The encounter is attended by participants from Tunisia, Mauritania, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Morocco.

Speaking at the opening of the meeting, Moroccan Premier, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, said education to human rights is an integral part of any development policy meant to promote the human being and consequently ensure a strong economic take off.

He underlined that the fight against illiteracy and poverty and the promotion of women and vulnerable social layers are a requisite for education in human rights and democracy. He recalled that the Moroccan government has put on top of its priorities political, juridical and educational reforms as well as fight against poverty and the promotion of women.

For his part, Moroccan human rights minister, Mohamed Aujjar, announced that Morocco will include as of this academic year human rights in school syllabi.

The experiment will be first conducted in the cities of Oujda, Tetouan, Meknes, Casablanca and Agadir, he said.