Training
9 October 2009
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We have been saying this for years, but haven't done much: the acceleration of growth is pushing Morocco against the wall of insufficient skills, both in number and quality.
"At 10,000 euros for a junior engineer, the system has reached its limits." Who says this? The bible of French computer scientists, the magazine "01 Informatique" of October 9, 2008. And who is it talking about? Morocco and our Emergence plan. Just that!
Compared to this, the same beginner in India earns a maximum of 5,200 euros/year and in Romania the ceiling is 8,500 euros/year.
In principle, we should be happy with this high level of salaries... if it were accompanied by impeccable public services and foolproof competence, everywhere, including our junior engineer. But there's no need to look far to see that we are far from the mark. Let's not dwell on it...
What IT and offshoring companies say, we hear just as loudly in other professions: health, tourism, agri-food, distribution, logistics, construction...
Can we imagine that real estate developers, who have invested billions in their programs, are fighting over two bricklayers and an electrician? Can we have a tourism strategy if professionals don't care about their service, sure to find a better job tomorrow morning, better paid with fewer constraints?
Be careful, we always think that salary increases are good for everyone. This is not always true. Morocco, with its growth boom over the past five years, has left this virtuous circle. The shortage of training is instead creating a headlong rush, where we have lost our bearings on competitiveness. Morocco is not alone in the world and the crisis will further increase the ferocity of competition. Without an emergency plan for vocational training, the aftermath of the financial crisis will be terrible... due to our own fault.
Published on October 22, 2008
Posted online on October 24, 2008
L’économiste
"At 10,000 euros for a junior engineer, the system has reached its limits." Who says this? The bible of French computer scientists, the magazine "01 Informatique" of October 9, 2008. And who is it talking about? Morocco and our Emergence plan. Just that!
Compared to this, the same beginner in India earns a maximum of 5,200 euros/year and in Romania the ceiling is 8,500 euros/year.
In principle, we should be happy with this high level of salaries... if it were accompanied by impeccable public services and foolproof competence, everywhere, including our junior engineer. But there's no need to look far to see that we are far from the mark. Let's not dwell on it...
What IT and offshoring companies say, we hear just as loudly in other professions: health, tourism, agri-food, distribution, logistics, construction...
Can we imagine that real estate developers, who have invested billions in their programs, are fighting over two bricklayers and an electrician? Can we have a tourism strategy if professionals don't care about their service, sure to find a better job tomorrow morning, better paid with fewer constraints?
Be careful, we always think that salary increases are good for everyone. This is not always true. Morocco, with its growth boom over the past five years, has left this virtuous circle. The shortage of training is instead creating a headlong rush, where we have lost our bearings on competitiveness. Morocco is not alone in the world and the crisis will further increase the ferocity of competition. Without an emergency plan for vocational training, the aftermath of the financial crisis will be terrible... due to our own fault.
Published on October 22, 2008
Posted online on October 24, 2008
L’économiste
