1,000 teachers of Berber to be appointed for next fall, minister

Some 1,000 teachers of the Berber language will be appointed in 300 primary schools throughout Morocco as of next fall, minister of national education and youth, Habib El Malki, said.

Speaking at the question time in the Chamber of Advisers (parliament's upper chamber), the minister announced that the government has been cooperating with the Royal Institute of the Amazigh Culture (IRCAM) to develop training programs for these teachers in eight regional pedagogic centers.

El Malki surveyed other preparations for the teaching of Berber, hoping that the subject will be generalized nationwide by 2010.

He stressed that teaching Berber, one of the components of the Moroccan identity, is part of the provisions of the national charter of education and training.