Higher Education: Morocco's Grandes Ecoles
26 May 2009
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For the first time, we examined in detail what higher education institutions offer in their programs.
Because the stakes are high, we made a significant effort: to guide students in choosing their education and to give companies better insight into the profiles of graduates to help them better target their recruitment.
We therefore created an overview of higher education institutions and compiled a fairly exhaustive sample that included major business and engineering schools, recognized schools that offer programs at least up to the Bac+5 level. We followed the same approach for universities, with the goal of creating a ranking of major Moroccan business and engineering schools and universities. The study highlighted the employability of graduates and the quality of their education. It was primarily about assessing the adequacy between the expectations of companies, in terms of skills, and the profiles trained by these institutions.
A very important and current issue, since the country, which intends to develop new global professions, needs more than ever specific skills in various fields (offshoring, multimedia...). This therefore implies questioning whether the trained profiles align well with the needs of businesses. Because it must be remembered that, while there are many and varied diploma programs, the quality of the education depends on essential ingredients such as the quality of supervision, the development of graduates' personal and professional skills, or the institution's openness to its environment (partnerships, double diplomas,...). Not to mention the employment rate of graduates, of course.
Our study, the first of its kind locally, began with a questionnaire sent to the various institutions and another (different) questionnaire sent to the most prestigious recruitment firms to ensure the analysis is complemented by an assessment of graduates' professional skills by recruitment professionals themselves. But for various reasons, most of the grandes écoles and universities did not see fit to contribute to this study. Therefore, instead of the actual ranking, we have created a classification of the schools and universities that cooperated with this study in all transparency. That said, this attitude is understandable since it is the first time that the grandes écoles have been subjected to such an exercise. No discouragement then! We will naturally return next year to create this ranking and will persist until it manages to establish itself in our economic landscape, for the benefit of schools and future managers of our companies.
By Ibrahim Souleymane.
Posted online June 3, 2009
If you want to read more, click on the link below
Essor
Because the stakes are high, we made a significant effort: to guide students in choosing their education and to give companies better insight into the profiles of graduates to help them better target their recruitment.
We therefore created an overview of higher education institutions and compiled a fairly exhaustive sample that included major business and engineering schools, recognized schools that offer programs at least up to the Bac+5 level. We followed the same approach for universities, with the goal of creating a ranking of major Moroccan business and engineering schools and universities. The study highlighted the employability of graduates and the quality of their education. It was primarily about assessing the adequacy between the expectations of companies, in terms of skills, and the profiles trained by these institutions.
A very important and current issue, since the country, which intends to develop new global professions, needs more than ever specific skills in various fields (offshoring, multimedia...). This therefore implies questioning whether the trained profiles align well with the needs of businesses. Because it must be remembered that, while there are many and varied diploma programs, the quality of the education depends on essential ingredients such as the quality of supervision, the development of graduates' personal and professional skills, or the institution's openness to its environment (partnerships, double diplomas,...). Not to mention the employment rate of graduates, of course.
Our study, the first of its kind locally, began with a questionnaire sent to the various institutions and another (different) questionnaire sent to the most prestigious recruitment firms to ensure the analysis is complemented by an assessment of graduates' professional skills by recruitment professionals themselves. But for various reasons, most of the grandes écoles and universities did not see fit to contribute to this study. Therefore, instead of the actual ranking, we have created a classification of the schools and universities that cooperated with this study in all transparency. That said, this attitude is understandable since it is the first time that the grandes écoles have been subjected to such an exercise. No discouragement then! We will naturally return next year to create this ranking and will persist until it manages to establish itself in our economic landscape, for the benefit of schools and future managers of our companies.
By Ibrahim Souleymane.
Posted online June 3, 2009
If you want to read more, click on the link below
Essor
