Private Higher Education More Open to the Job Market, According to a Study
24 June 2013
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Private higher education is generally recognized as being more open to the job market in Morocco, according to a study on "Higher Education in Morocco" conducted by the HEM (Hautes études de management) group.
Employability is among the main advantages of private education, according to high school graduates, their parents, students, and graduates of this system, interviewed as part of this study conducted on the occasion of HEM's 25th anniversary.
For their part, opinion leaders believe that the private system is "de facto more in line with the expectations of a job market that is almost exclusively in the private sector, marginalizing the university degree considered inadequate to meet employers' expectations".
The obligation of attendance, the quality of teaching, the teaching conditions (small class sizes), and the quality of supervision are the advantages of private higher education, according to the first category of interviewees.
For opinion leaders, the private system owes its efficiency to a "relative openness to the international community" and a teaching staff generally bound by a relative obligation of results.
They agree, however, that only a "handful" of schools offer quality education. According to them, there is a "proliferation of brands" which, when evaluated, are judged on criteria deemed irrelevant.
The vast majority of this category recognizes that the private offering is generally expensive compared to purchasing power in Morocco and associates it with a "rather pronounced mercantile character".
It regrets that this education system maintains the same elites and that its quality is closely linked to its high cost, the report notes.
The non-recognition of the diploma by the State, the cost of studies, the inability to work in the public sector, and the lack of selectivity at the entrance are among the disadvantages identified by the first category of respondents who reproach the system for excessive discipline in some private institutions and the poor quality of teaching.
Regarding private universities, opinion leaders believe that these are initiatives "nourished by the successes and failures that private higher education has experienced" which should theoretically allow for the training of quality graduates.
These interlocutors also say they hope that these new universities will put in place financial assistance systems for deserving students of modest means (scholarships, tutoring, on-campus jobs), the study specifies.
xinhua
Maghrebemergent.com
Published June 13, 2013.
Posted online June 24, 2013.
Employability is among the main advantages of private education, according to high school graduates, their parents, students, and graduates of this system, interviewed as part of this study conducted on the occasion of HEM's 25th anniversary.
For their part, opinion leaders believe that the private system is "de facto more in line with the expectations of a job market that is almost exclusively in the private sector, marginalizing the university degree considered inadequate to meet employers' expectations".
The obligation of attendance, the quality of teaching, the teaching conditions (small class sizes), and the quality of supervision are the advantages of private higher education, according to the first category of interviewees.
For opinion leaders, the private system owes its efficiency to a "relative openness to the international community" and a teaching staff generally bound by a relative obligation of results.
They agree, however, that only a "handful" of schools offer quality education. According to them, there is a "proliferation of brands" which, when evaluated, are judged on criteria deemed irrelevant.
The vast majority of this category recognizes that the private offering is generally expensive compared to purchasing power in Morocco and associates it with a "rather pronounced mercantile character".
It regrets that this education system maintains the same elites and that its quality is closely linked to its high cost, the report notes.
The non-recognition of the diploma by the State, the cost of studies, the inability to work in the public sector, and the lack of selectivity at the entrance are among the disadvantages identified by the first category of respondents who reproach the system for excessive discipline in some private institutions and the poor quality of teaching.
Regarding private universities, opinion leaders believe that these are initiatives "nourished by the successes and failures that private higher education has experienced" which should theoretically allow for the training of quality graduates.
These interlocutors also say they hope that these new universities will put in place financial assistance systems for deserving students of modest means (scholarships, tutoring, on-campus jobs), the study specifies.
xinhua
Maghrebemergent.com
Published June 13, 2013.
Posted online June 24, 2013.
