The Responsibility of Berber School Policy for the Troubles of a Franco-Moroccan School

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Title:	The Responsibility of Berber School Policy for the Troubles of a Franco-Moroccan School
Author:	Schaefer, Wayne
Year:	1989
Periodical:	Maghreb Review
Volume:	14
Issue:	3-4
Pages:	187-195
Language:	English
Geographic terms:	Morocco France
Subjects:	Berber colonialism educational policy Education and Oral Traditions Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Abstract:	Franco-Berber education in Morocco began in 1921, when the French army opened the first 'école de fortune' in the Middle Atlas Mountains. A few years later, permanent primary schools ('écoles berbères') began to replace these makeshift army schools, and a secondary school ('collège berbère') emerged at Azrou. This paper deals in particular with the Franco-Berber school at Aïn Leuh. It is based on a report written by the school's director in 1938 and published that year in the 'Bulletin de l'enseignement public du Maroc'. The school was beset with various problems, including widespread parental opposition to the physical labour required of students, low enrolment of children from outlying farms, insufficient funding, Islamic and Makhzan influences, and limited success in sending graduates on to the collège berbère or to labour on farms. The causes of these problems can be traced to weaknesses in Berber school policy and its implementation. Notes, ref., sum.