THE ISSUE
Where is Morocco?
The Kingdom of Morocco is the most westerly of the North African countries known as the Maghreb - the "Arab West". It has Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines, a rugged mountain interior and a history of independence not shared by its neighbours.
READ: Morocco, Magnificent Land of Contrasts
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READ: Morocco Lonely Planet Travel Guide
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ComparING The UK AND Morocco
TASK: Use the following work sheet and web link to highlight the major differences in these two countries.
What do the development indicators suggest about the country?
What are the biggest difference between life in The UK and life in Morocco?
EFA Morocco Development Indicators.pdf
The Cycle of Poverty.pdfWhat is the cycle of Poverty?
Q. Other than Education - what others barriers to development exist?
2/3
of the 774 million illiterate people in the world are female
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less than 40% of countries provide girls and boys with equal access to education
32 m
primary-age girls are missing school around the world
Very few girls from the rural communities of the High Atlas Mountains get the opportunity of continuing their education beyond primary school. Secondary schools, mostly several kilometres away in larger towns, are not accessible to them because:
1. Their parents cannot afford to pay for lodgings or transport near secondary school
2. Their parents do not have the confidence in existing facilities to entrust their daughters to be away from home.
Why Education For All?
“Educate a girl and you educate the next generation”
Education helps girls break out of the cycle of poverty
There is no dispute about the benefits of education, especially for girls.
- A child born to a literate mother is 50 per cent less likely to die before the age of five.
- Every extra year of education is estimated to increase a girl’s earning power by 10 to 20 per cent.
- Girls who have completed seven years of education will marry on average five years later than uneducated girls.
READ: Creating solutions for Morocco's rural Girls
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READ: What do the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have to say about Girls Education?
UNESCO-girls-factsheet-en.pdfHow does development link to questions set at GCSE?
Have a go at some of these past paper / specimen paper questions...
OCR GCSE Geography B Questions.pdfCIE IGCSE Questions.pdfEduqas GCSE Questions.pdfAQA GCSE Question.pdf