As part of efforts to strengthen educational infrastructure in the Chichaoua region, the president of the Regional Council, Abdelrahim Boustout, alongside the regional governor and the director of the Regional Academy of Education and Training for the Marrakech-Safi region, presided over the inauguration of the community school in the Kamasa commune.
During the inauguration ceremony, technical details were provided regarding the facility’s physical structure, which includes 8 classrooms, 13 restrooms (one of which is accessible to people with disabilities), three offices, two playgrounds, a running track, a multimedia room, a faculty lounge, an archive room, a cafeteria, and dormitories.
Based on the performance indicators established for its implementation, this educational facility is expected to achieve a 100% student retention rate and a 100% reduction in the dropout rate, to provide a high-quality educational program and achieve regional equity, to bring educational services closer to the population, to alleviate overcrowded and combined classes, and to prepare students for social integration through school life and cultural and sports activities that enable them to develop their intellectual, physical, and emotional abilities.
A total of 247 students have enrolled in this institution for the current 2022–2023 school year, distributed across 11 classes in the six grades of elementary school, in addition to 31 students in the first and second levels of preschool.
It should be noted that the number of beneficiaries of the Foundation’s services will increase in the coming school year, as fifth- and sixth-grade students will enroll in several branch units surrounding the Kamasah School Complex, namely: the Aazib Miloud Unit, the Al-Hassiya Unit, the Boularouk Unit, the Ait Abdullah Unit, and the Tourar Unit, with school transportation provided.
With the addition of the Kamasah community school to the educational support infrastructure, the province of Chichaoua has further strengthened its portfolio of such strategic support structures in the education sector, given their effectiveness in improving educational indicators and reducing school dropout rates, which stem from a complex set of factors, foremost among them the lack of schools—a factor that is now on the decline as this initiative expands to all remote and geographically challenging local communities.
Ibrahim Al-Sabbar
