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First of all, let me just tell you guys that I'm a university graduate, majoring in English studies here in Morocco "my home". But unfortunately, English in Morocco is not as popular as French, which is the second language around here...
The love of this language was a driving motive for me to persue my studies and get my BA in English... And so, after graduation comes the harsh reality, that is to say that I needed to get a decent job using this language that I mastered, which is kind of impossible, believe me !!
In Morocco, a language can be only used either for the education system or call centres, and I want to give the example of English. Let's just begin with the education system in Morocco: to be eligible to work as a teacher you will need to pass a very long exam as a start, and there's no way that you can be successful in doing that, simply because you will have to either bribe or use someone you know in the education system to help you along the whole process... So at the end, if you don't have one of those options, rest assured you will not be even passing the written exam. On the other hand, there is the Private school system, which is a bit easier to deal with compared to the public one. The only problem concerning this sector is the monthly wage, that is awful, it will be only spent as a means of transportation from where you live all the way to the school you're teaching in. To sum up the schooling system here in Morocco, I can only say that it "SUCKS".
As concerning the call centers, the problem is in the language itself, so for example if you master French you can easily integrate a call center with a respectful salary, along with a good work atmosphere. English call centers on the other hand, are very rare to the extent of that I can say that there's only one that I used to work with, but at the end, the operation changed the offshore center and decided to outsource its office to other countries.
But I got to say that the number of English speakers in Morocco is increasing day after another, so hopefully the bridge between the English speaking countries and Morocco will be built so that young people and passionate folks like me, will have the opportunity to use it as a way to make a living.
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well, at least you can get an online job with English skill right. my last formal education was English major. after working from one boss to another I decided to work on my own full time with little English I have and internet. in the end,I realize, I make more money than old time when I live from salary to salary
But in INDIA English is compulsory in schools and we study it from the school level.English is as essential as Hindi in INDIA to learn.
yes exactely I'm actually familiar with that, you know I did indeed open a call center here in casablanca the financial capital of Morocco, I managed to know an American fellow who helped me to get a product from the US, and now finally I'm trying to open a gateway between morocco and USA in terms of call centers... and concerning the educational system here in Morocco, English is taught at a very late age wich is approximately 12 to 16, but that doesn't mean that we do not have private schools specializing in languages teaching.