Homeschooling in Morocco

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6 years ago

Hello everyone,

Homeschooling your children as an expat in Morocco will definitely come with its load of challenges. Here is a special call to parents who are already homeschooling their children or who plan on doing so to share any information they might have.

Should you opt for homeschooling, is it legal in Morocco ? Do you require to register your child or do you need any kind of permission / exemption from the authorities ? If it is not legal, what alternative option/s do you have ?

How do you go about getting all the necessary educational resources (books, syllabus, notes etc) to pursue your childrens education in Morocco ? Does it depend on the curriculum ?

What do you add in your homeschooling techniques to help educate your child that might not be offered or available in traditional schooling ?

How do you socialise homeschooled children in Morocco by providing them opportunities to interact with other children ?

If you have any interest in homeschooling, could you please share your views on the pros and cons ?

Thank you for sharing your experience,
Bhavna

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Ifrane2019 Member

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6 years ago

Bhavna, thank you for your assistance. My name is Eric btw.

As far as some of the questions you asked, it is possible to do homeschooling online of course (and of course it's legal as well). There are accredited K-12 online programs based in the US and other English-speaking countries.

But as I thought more about it, I want our daughter, who is 11, to have the friends and go to the school (Ifrane School) she's been going to for the last 2+ years. This gets to your question "How do you socialise homeschooled children in Morocco by providing them opportunities to interact with other children?"

Anyone who homeschools their child(ren) anywhere faces this same challenge, and for me, I want my daughter to socialize with other kids, especially kids from different nationalities. Our daughter is in class with people from different countries in Africa, Morocco of course, Europe, and North America.

Also, most online homeschooling programs are as expensive as the private, English-taught school here in Ifrane (about $5,000+).

Acutally, Fayyatha provided some great information, so thank you Fayyatha!

Eric

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PHLtoOZZ New member

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6 years ago

Thanks for the forum. I will be living in Ouarzazate and would like to know if there are other expats there who homeschool.
Thanks

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titim2008 Member

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6 years ago

Hello. I am Moroccan. my children are Americans. they are enrolled in the american school in casablanca. me and my husband are keen to do homeschooling for our children as the costs of school are getting very heavy. do you have any information about homeschooling in casablanca? Thank you for your answers

PHLtoOZZ New member

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5 years ago

Have you found a solution yet? We recently arrived to Morocco. We are using an online curriculum called Calvert from USA. It’s a good curriculum from our experience. They offer a free trial to allow time to go over it to see it if works for you.

GuestPoster3044 Guest

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5 years ago

We moved from chicago 6 months ago and I have my daughter online school called bridgeway academy 3k to 3.5k a year , accredited school very easy to follow and can do classes on its own time , very happy with. You can call or email teachers , we just registered on usa address to attend the school so they don’t know we live in Morocco

GuestPoster3044 Guest

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5 years ago

We in kenitra now but will be moving to Asilah to live , how and where should the kids make friends ? I have 15 year old daughter, maybe organize something for them

PHLtoOZZ New member

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5 years ago

The Calvert curriculum that we use isn’t accredited but we like it. We have time to figure it all out before our children need to be tested. They are learning a lot and so are we.
We are in south Morocco in the city of Ouarzazate.
Our girls are 10 and 6.

GuestPoster3044 Guest

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5 years ago

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Oh nice , my husband originally from ouzanne the north

GuestPoster3044 Guest

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5 years ago

#11

Is there American schools in tangier?? When they open ? How much ?

GuestPoster3044 Guest

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5 years ago

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Hello Editarink,

if you are looking for an american school in tangier, there is one there.

Fayyatha Active member

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5 years ago

#13

Good morning, check the US Embassy website for American accreditation for schools in Morocco. They will say they are, but aren’t on the list which means they are NGOs. I live in Fes, there was a school “The American School” who my daughter attended for a split second. Due to some issues that occurred and me deciding to do some research I found they weren’t accredited as the owner stated, but actually a NGO. This school eventually shut down during COVID lockdown and the owner left Morocco. The reason for the shut down was because it was revealed the school was or have never had any form of American accreditation. There aren’t many American accredited institutions in Morocco. Also, make sure to register yourself with travel.gov it will update you with information and just in case. I have a US address also and I use a program called Acellus Academy it’s out of Missouri. Im not from Missouri, but any child can use it from anywhere in the world as long as they’re American. It allows us the freedom of learning anywhere. They not attached to a class period. I’m a retired educator so this also helps if needed. Prayerfully this helped you. Enjoy your day

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marie90ca Member

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2 years ago

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@Fayyatha

Thank you for sharing your experience.

It's verry helpful

Fayyatha Active member

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2 years ago

#15

@marie90ca yes of course if you need to know anything more just inbox me

malakchoubai09 Member

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2 years ago

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@Fayyatha Hey ive been thinking about moving with my kids to morocco aswell and trying to make sure we have everything ready, do moroccan colleges accept students who were homeschooled in highschool and what are some cheap american moroccan colleges u recommend ?

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shedracknsoma Member

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2 years ago

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@malakchoubai09

Yes of course I will help you to make proper arrangement for that.

I am also available for homeschooling I speak french, Spanish, Portugal and English language very well, kindly contact me for further discussion

A666g Member

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last year

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Hi does any body know if the moroccan school system has home schooling?

Bill Shepherd Active member

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last year

#19

Home schooling by definition has nothing to do with the school system. Do you mean does Morocco allow children to undergo home schooling? If so, the answer is no, they do not. But are you a foreigner? If so then the question might be pointless because your children would not be eligible for government schools anyway, so you would have to enrol them at (an expensive) international school. It will be up to the government of your home country whether or not they permit your children to be home schooled while out of your country.