New strategic measures by the Souss-Massa education academy to raise achievement indicators and address learning difficulties

Abdellatif El Kamel

Through his answers to journalists' questions at a press conference held by the Academy at midday on Monday 21 September 2026, the director of the Regional Academy of Education and Training for the Souss-Massa region, Mr "Driss Wahi", affirmed that institutional efforts are continuing to raise levels of academic achievement across the different educational cycles.

Pointing out that the Ministry has adopted advanced organisational and pedagogical approaches, foremost among them the "pioneer schools" model.

The speaker also reviewed the measures adopted to implement the educational strategies aimed at addressing learning difficulties and ensuring a successful school year, breaking them down into several essential areas, in particular:

1_ Pedagogical diagnosis and continuous support

2_ Precise diagnostic mechanisms, including pupils in the targeted levels sitting diagnostic tests that accurately determine their knowledge levels (from the struggling categories to the cases that threaten their school path), ending with their automatic classification through the "Massar" system into categories (A, B, C, D), which facilitates the preparation of a dedicated teaching kit for each category.

3_ Adoption of extended support programmes through the launch of integrated and parallel educational support sessions throughout the school year, alongside the intensive support phase (during September and October), with the distribution of their dedicated textbooks within the set deadlines.

4_ Upgrading of infrastructure by accelerating the rehabilitation programmes for educational establishments and giving special attention to the areas affected by the Al Haouz earthquake, by providing additional school buses and teaching equipment to ensure optimal working conditions.

5_ Adoption of governance and administrative and legal management, expressed in strictness in public procurement through monitoring the extent to which companies and institutions alike comply with the contractual deadlines of construction and repair projects, with the activation of late penalties against those who do not comply.

6_ Adoption of central and regional monitoring, which aims to handle files and disputes related to procurement and administrative management pre-emptively, to ensure the normal running of the school year.

7 _ Development of the "pioneer schools" model through field readiness, an unprecedented readiness affirmed by the Academy's director, particularly after most establishments received the necessary equipment (boards, digital projectors and supports), and that before the beginning of September.

Regarding the supervision and training of teachers, the Academy's director affirmed, in his answer to journalists' questions, that 82 percent of the region's teachers benefited from this training in 611 establishments and more than 700 satellite schools, where they received training and supervision on the support programmes and the continuous training intended for them, particularly in the fields of intensive support and explicit teaching.

The speaker added that field support goes through the move to a daily monitoring system, and the allocation of between 5 and 7 establishments to each inspector, to ensure close follow-up of teaching and assessment operations.

Also in his reply to journalists' questions on the effectiveness of these reforms, Driss Wahi explained that the reports of national and international evaluation institutions, including the partnerships concluded with the "Helen Keller" organisation and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, all confirmed the objectivity and independence of the results obtained.

The speaker concluded by saying that those results obtained reflect deeply and accurately the real levels of the pupils according to multiple indicators.

Source: Sabah Agadir