Sweet teachers ousted without notice by the Hassan II Foundation

An unexpected decision from the Hassan II Foundation for Moroccans residing abroad. For example, ending the missions of several Moroccan teachers deployed in Belgium for the teaching of the Arabic language and Moroccan culture to the children of the diaspora, aroused a wave of indignation and anger. Similarly, This decision. Similarly, made without notice or sufficient explanations, concerned teachers whose assignments were interrupted before the deadline provided for in their contracts, which they consider to be a serious attack on their professional and social stability.

The teachers concerned. In addition, questioned by Hespressexpressed their deep disarray in the face of such a sudden break, believing that it does not take into account their family and professional commitments in the host country. They also deplore the lack of consideration for the social. human consequences that such a decision can cause, especially since many of sweet teachers ousted without notice them have settled in Belgium with their families, in particular with children registered in the Belgian school system.

According to the same sources. “Several teachers have been amazed, barely arrived in Morocco to spend the summer holidays with their children, to receive notifications ending their functions in Belgium”. They add that”The bilateral agreement between the Moroccan. Belgian authorities provides that Moroccan teachers must intervene only in Belgian schools. Teaching in associations or mosques is subject to specific procedures. However, the contracts signed with the Hassan II Foundation explicitly include the possibility of teaching in these structures”.

Also according to the information collected by Hespresscontracts binding teachers to said foundation provide a maximum duration of four years. with a clause allowing early termination. However. this clause is accompanied by the obligation to inform those concerned within a reasonable time before the entry into force of the decision, in order sweet teachers ousted without notice to enable them to organize themselves, in particular in terms of housing and schooling of children. However. this procedure was not respected, the decision having been made abruptly, which plunged several teachers and their families in a state of intense stress and disarray.

The teachers concerned also denounce the arguments put forward by the Hassan II Foundation. which justifies its decision by the recent Belgian prohibition to teach within associations, thus involving a reduction in the number of members of the Moroccan educational mission in Belgium. A justification which they deem unfounded. perceived as a smoke screen intended to mask the management errors of the Foundation in this file.

They recall in particular that several teachers were sent to Belgium without any post being allocated to them. The complainants indicate that around 45 teachers were dispatched last year in Belgium without being offered for concrete teaching positions. According to them. sweet teachers ousted without notice by this decision, the Foundation would seek to free up positions for the newcomers which it has sent massively to Belgium, without any preliminary study of the local school card or strategic vision, and to the detriment of teachers of previous promotions, yet linked by family and real estate contracts in this European country.

The ousted teachers accuse the foundation of having taken advantage of the summer period. the closure of the majority of Belgian schools – frequented by their children – to discreetly pass this decision and close their files. They threaten to undertake actions of protest of a endangered nature. denouncing what they describe as abuse of manifest power, going so far as to consider a legal action.