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Advanced B2 and C classes: What does Morocco need to become an innovative country? priorities and strategies.

Critical thinking: A shift from in-formal to formal debate:

Instructions:
Last class, we have shed some light on the characteristics of the top 10 most creative countries in the world. We had a long debate about how they reached the greatest levels. Our main material was:
https://www.businessinsider.com/these-are-the-10-most-innovative-countries-bloomberg-says-2020-1#1-germany-10

Today’s class will be dedicated to the same issue. Yet, we will switch from an informal discussion to a formal one. As a student writer you should follow the following recommendations:

1- State your premise: The idea on which you will base your argument. It should be the topic sentence.

2- It should be ONE idea: Please discuss one idea

3- Your arguments: Use a reliable resource ( exp: Business Insider , Bloomberg, Visual Capitalist, Forbes, The Guardian)

4- Your paragraph should include a topic sentence, a supporting topic sentence, a supporting of supporting topic sentence ( YOUR ARGUMENT) and a concluding sentence.

5- Your supporting TS should be rich: 2 or 3 arguments with strong reference (see 3) These can be facts, statistics, quotes, examples…

6- Language: Formal ( please, no short form – don’t, I’m…), use collocations and idioms we have studied, respect punctuation and capitalization

7- paragraph length: 120 – 150 words

Timing: 30 minutes

Future article: A 5 paragraph essay ( co-authors ) To be posted on the Facebook page and website: Monday, May 1, 2020.

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Med Elkharras says:

24/04/2020 at 21:25

Education boosts innovation as well as creativity. In fact, reaching the highests levels is not a low hanging fruit. In deed, nations are fighting against ignorance in order to raise their innovation attitude. Yet, some countries are still struggling without results, and their effort comes to nothing, such as: Morocco and many other countries.
In order to fix those problems, Morocco must make a go of until it comes up with drastic solutions. First, changing the educational system is a step towards change. In addition, it must involve contemporary lessons within the great use of IT. As Albert Einstein said :”We cannot solve a problem by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
Secondly, not only the government who must change, but also the citizens. In other words, people must search for knowledge and fling themselves into work. Hence, by changing the community we can change the economy and many other fields. The Almighty said:”God does not change what people do until they change what is done by themselves.” (Surah al ra’d verse: 11)
The best model is Germany, which has been named the most innovative country in the world because of its positive ratings in patent activity, high-tech density, and value-added manufacturing. As Rubia said:”As positive as the ranking may sound, we cannot ignore the fact that Germany is far behind other countries in terms of education”. (According to Business Insider).
In brief, innovation and creativity are both based on education and imagination. Nelson Mandela once said :”Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

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Wissal Raguigue says:

24/04/2020 at 21:26

Of all the titles I’ve been privileged to have, today’s one is the best , because it concerns my and ours country MOROCCO.
Automatically, the first question we will ask is the following: how a rich country like Morocco isn’t much creative as the others.
TEAM WORK, this is our destitute.
It’s undeniable , that morrocan people have a brilliant ideas and they’re determined to make a goal of their career instead of different domains, but unfortunately their strenuous efforts comes to nothing, and her come the question WHY?
The answer is so easy: selfishness, everyone wants to attain his goal at all coast alone.
The end-all and the be-all key for getting to top is deploying concerted efforts together, the best example is France . As we know, the French economy is the third largest in the EU after Germany and UK, it has worked well for investment in cooperate research and development .
According to Henry Ford : coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is a success.

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HIBA says:

24/04/2020 at 21:33

We all talk about the importance of innovation, and how this crazy modern world of ours keeps changing day-to-day, but in a lot of countries across the world things tend move incredibly slowly. It takes ages to adapt to new technologies and ways of thinking, not much is done to close the divide between the rich and the poor, and little is invested in education and projects that can make a big change.
However,morocco is showing a big effort,to improve on multiple fronts.
The priority that morocco should develope to be creative is:Health.
Health and development,it makes an important contribution to economic progress,as healthy populations live longer,are more productive,and more save.for example:Spain.
Spain is known for having one of the top healthcare systems in the world. … The country has a universal healthcare system. Basic medical services are free, but if you have a surgery, stay overnight, or receive extensive prescriptions, expect to pay a reasonable fee.
The strategie that morocco need to be more creative is:education
The education plays a great role in developing country in every field. It plays like a model role in the development of one country if the people of a country are educated then they can easily helps them in development. … If one got education then he is able to a better job then a labor’s work.
For example:Canada
Canada is the most educated country in the world with 56.71% of adults meeting the OECD criteria(https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/canada-population/)
Also There are plenty of reasons to study in Canada. In the whole world, Canada is the one among the best countries as well as the safest one; Canada gives a unique life and living standards. … It is known for providing world-class education starting from kindergarten level to higher secondary levels.

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Naoufel Ghannami says:

24/04/2020 at 21:38

In recent decades Technology became a vital component for a nation. According to a study conducted by Robert Solow, a well-known American economist, who estimated that technological advancement represents 66.7% of the growth of the US economy. But how can technology make our country innovative?
To begin with, technological achievement in underdeveloped nations has increased more rapidly than in high-income countries nowadays. However, despite this impressive growth, a large gap still remains because the developed countries are focusing on adopting pre-existing technologies, rather than inventing new innovations “Stanford University Lecture in Computer Science”. It’s incontestable that Morocco cannot directly start innovative companies and build high tech manufactures. Consequently, I think adopting pre-existing technology is an ideal solution for many reasons.
A large number of experts confirmed that technology use has a lot of advantages: In the healthcare field, cell phones can be an important source that gives people access to technology and information about their health. Health text messaging is also extremely valuable, as it provides the public with alerts about health emergencies as well as reminders to take medication.
For education, a lack of access to schools is an insidious issue in all countries. As a result, Cellphones, tablets, and computers can be used by teachers and students. For example, a British organization named “Bridge International” is creating remote schools and providing teachers with technology to develop lesson plans.
In agriculture, technology boosts fully production. A well-known study has documented how the spread of mobile phones in the Indian state enabled fishermen to follow price differences across local markets, increasing their profits by 8% on average as a result “The Quarterly Journal of Economics”.
Last but not least, no one can deny that technology helped companies create online shopping platforms. Based on a study conducted by the Pew research center, about half of online Chinese (52%) have used the internet to buy products in the past 12 months. Consequently, a lot of job opportunities were created such as software engineers, designers, developers, and also online teachers.
All in all, by adopting pre-existing technology, youth will enhance their computer skills and companies will become familiar and abler to adopt new inventions. This strategy will help us to move smoothly to the second stage which is creating high-tech companies and why not becoming an innovative country.

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Niama Talbi says:

24/04/2020 at 21:39

To become a creative innovative contry Morocco needs to develop and concentrate on its scientific researches. In point of fact Morocco should support and give a helping hand to its scientists and researchers , and give them the opportunity to show their abilities , because it has become a recurrent practice and habit to show a lack of appreciation and ingratitude to anyone for anything he did for the good of our country .According to the Nature Index , Germany is a force in high-quality research publishing. and it is one of the causes of its classification the top most creative country in 2020 ,So it is primordial for Morocco to focus and give more value to its genuise people and give them the chance to show themselves .For example if Morocco invested in health care he will be searching for a cure for coronavirus as all the developed countries while of waiting for others to save it from the Inevitable death. As Albert Einstein said ”It is the fruits of scientific researches that elevate man and enrich his nature but the urge to understand the intellectual work creative or receptive ”.

Moreover Morocco must take coronavirus and its ripple effects that we will suffer from as a lesson and deploy a concerted efforts to come up with drastic solutions and measures, to be prepared in the future for any sudden pademic .

To conclude Morocco must face the economical challenges that exercice an enormous stress on its progress and development , If not he will never progress and its efforts will comes to nothing .

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Saddik Nizar says:

24/04/2020 at 21:40

Nowadays, no one can deny that industry is playing a great role in the country’s development. In fact, the country that is ranked the first of the world’s most innovative countries has relied its outcome on mechanical engineering and automotive industries. In addition to that, Germany used this field in a successful way to show its innovation and aptitude, as de la Rubia said: “The mechanical engineering sector is home to numerous companies that are leading this field — especially in medical technology and optical devices. The products of these companies are often unique selling points and difficult to copy”( Source: Bloomberg). So as a problem solver, I suggest that Morocco should consider its qualities. In other words, it must employ the cities that are characterized by strategic locations such as Tangier and Casablanca in mechanical and engineering industry in order to export its product abroad. To clarify, Morocco must build much more factories to solve lot of problems like: joblessness, economy…Along with offering the chance to today’s youth to show their capabilities and potentials.
To conclude, we must give much importance to this field because it is very helpful to build a powerful country.

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Moumna hala says:

24/04/2020 at 21:40

In a world that countries have reached a sky rocketing development, some Moroccan students are still facing myriad hinders to access to schools. In point of fact, education is the nose of the country and the most powerful key to achieve a roaring success. Thus, our country should make gallant efforts to strengthen the educational strategic and make more room for innovation. For this reason, our curriculums should include different activities to boost the student’s creativity, such us: art activities, watching creative documentaries and rewarding the innovators. Moreover, the studies should insist on learning values and the way to apply them in the daily life. Furthermore, still a large number of rural girls are deprived of an adequate education due to different reasons. According to UNISCO statistics, 20,186 girls didn’t receive their schooling in 2012. This large portion reflects the reality of our education in Morocco. Hence, Morocco must find drastic solutions to save those girls from this desperate situation, as the quote goes on: if you educate a man, you educate an individual. But if you educate a woman, you educate a nation. With reference to PIZA, Morocco is ranked 73 in those tests, which represent our weak level. While the first ranks were for the most competitive economies in the world who are succeeding so comprehensively. Such us: China, Singapore and South Korea. That’s why; education is one of the reasons that contribute to economic growth. As reported by Bloomering analyses, the world’s most innovative countries are characterized by high education. As the South Korean business professor declared: we don’t have any other natural resources, we have our brains to turn to. Besides, the IT has reached the peak of development in a multitude of fields. Thus, Morocco must involve technology in school to ignite imagination and help students think out of the box.
In brief, morocco should deploy concerted efforts to develop the educational system because it is the most powerful weapon to change the world, as the quote goes on: an investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

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Chaimae Mektel says:

24/04/2020 at 21:45

Last class I know a lot about innovative countries, and I reconize that Morocco need more to be at this level. In point of fact, the most important thing that our country neded is critical thinking and how we can use our brain.
Well, critical thinking needs people who believe on themselves, who always say I can do it. In addition to that, I see that South Korea know how to use her brain in good things. However, they don’t have any other natural resources they only have their brains to turn to. By the way, as a Moroccan, I see that we just speak but we don’t act and here is the problem, as someone said: ” actions speak louder than words”
Last but not least, we should wake up because we’re too late and we need alot to be teached in, especially critical thing. Actually we have few people who are creative but we need more. In brief, as someone said: “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.”

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Fatima zahra moussaoui says:

24/04/2020 at 21:45

There is no doubt that the first step toward being a innovative and developed country is reinforcing our most advantageous and competitive power, such as agriculture for Morocco. In fact, Morocco is still making slow progress in global innovative countries ranking. Nevertheless, many of those powerful countries depend on the Moroccan agriculture. Actually, morocco should reinforce this sector in termes of researches, improve irrigation systems, anticipating the climate changes and solving the insufficient of investments. According to the ministry of agriculture in morocco agriculture is a contribution key to the macroeconomic balance of the country. It also plays an important social role as 80% of the 14 million rural inhabitants depend on revenues from the agricultural sector. In addition, now with the pandemic of corona virus we can see clearly how many countries were depending on the Moroccan agriculture. In a nutshell, we should stop imitating and following other countries path and focusing instead on what will make us a great country in the future. As the quote goes “ innovation: imagine the future and fill the gaps”.

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MOHAMMED AMRI says:

24/04/2020 at 21:51

To be an innovative country,Morocco must have a very strong economy.In fact , Morocco ranking in what is related to economy is 60.And as the quote goes:”The economy is the start and end of everything. You can’t have successful education reform or any other reform if you don’t have a strong economy”David Cameron.For that there is a lot of countries the the moroccan kingdom must takes them as an example such as Germany. Because the former was a forasken country after the ww2 but nowadays it became on the leaders of the world in what is related to innovation and all that is due to the economy(4 th globaly -st-) .Also, singapore’s economy which has been ranked as the most open in the world.And to have a powerful economy Morocco has to follow a certains strategies like having a strong educational system to have a qualified persons to raise our economy to the top.In addition to that, we must welcome investments to Provide jobs opportunities.Futthmore, Morocco has to exploit the natural ressources .In brief morocco must have a powerful economy.

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Yasmine halfi says:

24/04/2020 at 21:52

The most creative countries in the world have reached the greatest levels; undoubtedly, this accomplishment was a result of undeniably remarkable efforts. As a matter of fact, one of the priorities that every country should consider is enriching its technological sector.
Technology is a very important factor in any country’s development and plays an important role in its success. In point of fact, humans complete 71% of total work hours across all industries covered in the WEF report nowadays, and according to a recent study; in 2022, humans will account for only 58% of total task hours, meaning the machines’ share will rise to 42 % (Josh Lowy Co-founder & CEO at Hugo).
This means that people should stay updated about the new technologies and not ignore their importance by using them more in a proper way. Morocco for instance, should focus on modernizing its economy by implementing its technological field. We can state Israel as an example; this country boasted a technologically advanced free-market economy and this initiative leaded it to becoming one of the top most creative ones in the entire world. I personally believe that if Morocco flanges itself into work, followed this lead and increased this sector, it would reach those great rankings.
In brief, morocco should deploy concerted efforts in developing the Technological field since it became a vital component for a nation.

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Lina Oumharch :))) says:

24/04/2020 at 21:54

Scientific research solves the community problems, invent solutions and develop new products for its people. Actually, Carl Sagan once said:”we live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understand science and technology” , in other words every society should be based on strong scientific researches. Unfortunately, Moroccan government does not give this field such a value. Nevertheless, with reference to “our pastimes”, scientific researches transform abstract theories into practical learning, witch contributes in the development of a lot domains, scientific research is also important for dispelling the false claims of inaccurate or weak research, in order to reduce ignorance and gossips. In fact, morocco knew the crutiality of scientific researches in the Corona virus area, the most brilliant scientists stood out in other countries, but why? Simply because Morocco does not finance this prerequisite field in a good and suffisant way, does not give scientists their true value and does not provide material for them. Personally, i believe that Moroccan government must find drastic solutions to this issue. I suggest starting by encouraging scientific research, young people must trust their government so they prefer working in their country than in other ones, we are consequently reducing the problem of brain drain. In the other hand, decisions taken by government concerning this domain should be on a honest behalf and taken by experienced and high educated people. And finally, government must allocate a big budget and required material. All in all, scientific research can be a complicated issue to solve easily, however, we must make gallant and concerted efforts to do it or it will have a long term knock-on effect on the society.

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Nohayla Hajjout (내가 꽤 해요) says:

24/04/2020 at 21:58

It is undeniable that innovation is the magical key that can contribute to an economical success. Indeed, i believe that morocco should work more on innovation and artificial intelligence. In fact, the AI plays an increasingly important role in our lives and economy and is already having an impact on our world in many different ways. Besides, AI is seen by many as an engine of productivity and economic growth. It can increase the efficiency
with which things are done and vastly improve the decision-making process by analysing large amounts of data. It can also spawn the creation of new products and services, markets and
industries. (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2019/637967/EPRS_BRI(2019)637967_EN.pdf)
The analysis should be seen as a guide to the potential economic impact of AI based on the best knowledge available at this stage. Among the major findings are the following:
1)There is large potential for AI to contribute to global economic activity: The McKinsey Global Institute looked at five broad categories of AI: computer vision, natural language, virtual assistants, robotic process automation, and advanced machine learning. Companies will likely use these tools to varying degrees. Some will take an opportunistic approach, testing only one technology and piloting it in a specific function.
2) A key challenge is that adoption of AI could widen gaps among countries, companies, and workers: Although Al can deliver a boost to economic activity, the benefits are likely to be uneven. Potentially, AI might widen gaps between countries, reinforcing the current digital divide. Countries might need different strategies and responses as AI-adoption rates vary.
Leaders of AI adoption could increase their lead over developing countries. Leading AI countries could capture an additional 20 to 25 percent in net economic benefits, compared with today, while developing countries might capture only about 5 to 15 percent. (https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/artificial-intelligence/notes-from-the-ai-frontier-modeling-the-impact-of-ai-on-the-world-economy)
If we compare Morocco to singapore, we will find that we had a great opportunity to develop. For example, morocco have plethora of natural resources, while singapore does not have any; nonetheless, they could think in a differnet way and could develop just by innovation and artificial intelligence. In brief, innovation and creativ thinking are magic keys that can open any door, with it anything is possible.

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BRAHIM BOULOUIZ says:

24/04/2020 at 21:59

The development of any country depend on it economy ( exports and imports),that’s why developed countries work hard and try to use technology in order to become a world power. In fact, the problem that impedes our development is depending on what we have (agriculture and some natural recourses), we don’t try to come with new ideas and projects that can boost our economy. we definitely know the quality of our products is high-caliber but it is still insufficient to face developed countries, China for example. China are using sophisticated technologies such us specific robot for watering that give to any plant it need of water, comparing this to our methods, in morocco most of farmers waste use a huge amounts of water for some plants that don’t need. The second problem that our country face is ignorance, most of farmers are people who didn’t get any formations or studies about agriculture, they a land from their parents and started working it without any strategy, That’s why our agriculture is always subsistence. Personally, I think that morocco should come up with some innovative ideas that can help our country to overcome this crisis, or at least trying to involve technology in agriculture in order to transform our agriculture from subsistence one to export. Last but not least, as the quote goes on “if you want to do something new you have to stop doing something old.”

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Ranya '-' says:

24/04/2020 at 22:05

To be more innovative, Morocco should focus more on technology.
The best example is the US. In fact, Though it occupied the no. 9 spot, the U.S. actually ranks first in both patent activity and high-tech density. This shouldn’t come as a big surprise given with the “Big Five” tech giants (Microsoft,Facebook, Alphabet, Apple, and Amazon) that created an easily seen impact on a global scale.
In order to be more competent in technologies, I think Morocco should focus on adding it to the curriculum. For example, courses to learn coding in school, will build the student’s wish to learn more and to be more interested in the subject. It will also guarantee the student a possible future career in technologies.
In addition to this, Morocco should focus more on giving more time to the students to be creative and innovative, that’s by giving them opportunities to create something. And with their ability to use technology, they will be able to create something revolutionary which could have a great impact on the country’s innovation.
To conclude, I think technology is a great way to achieve innovation, as the quote g

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Nada Lembarki says:

24/04/2020 at 22:09

Recently, we saw Top 10 innovative countries in 2020. Unfortunately, Morocco was not a part of it, as it may or may not be.
What I think Morocco should prioritize is: agriculture. As it comes to nothing, and it’s all due to it’s investments, tricks and work techniques. Investments can play really big roles in agriculture, as if they are well chosen for the career, modern, with developed technologies and high quality, there will be positive and high results, and vice versa. In other words, the agriculture’s system and strategy impacts on the results.
For a better cost-effectiveness, we should get inspired, learn from an other country and take it as an example. We can mention as a country: USA, it has the largest agriculture industry with the highest and efficient agricultural. According to the most recent census, the country has 2.2 million farms which covers about 922 million acres of land. There is also France, which is considered to be the agricultural center of the Europe for many years. In fact, It has about 730,000 farms covering the extensive area of land and involving the workforce of 7% in the various sectors of farming, forestry, and fishing.
To conclude, Morocco should see it’s disadvantages and turn them into advantages , by seeing the negative points and trying to get inspired of other countries in terms of mechanics and technology in order to make a progress, and the results would be much more satisfactory.

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Meryem smaha says:

24/04/2020 at 22:33

“Allowing the flow of investments and exports”. Morocco enjoys an extraordinary geostrategic position thanks to its Mediterranean Atlantic Ocean and its proximity to Europe, this latter lead more than forty countries to turn it into a platform for investments and exports ( MWN) . Renewable energy, logistics, automotive ,phosphates, all are key sectors for the economy . According to a report of the world Bank published in 2015, Tangier ranks among 5 cities in the world in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) thanks to Tangier Media Port, it attracts foreign investors in automobiles such as Renalut and industrial suppliers in different sectors. Moreover , Morocco ought to turn the light on some comprehensive offers for investors such as reducing the pourcentage of taxes, governmental aid ,etc. Singapore has been crowned as the best country in the world to invest in for 2020 (GEOWORLD magazine) and in 2019 Singapore attracted $15.2b of investments which is 5 times much than the Moroccan one with a number of $3.64b (Nordea) . From the other hand , the Moroccan exports reached $24.9 billion (2017) led by cars wich represent 10.5% of the total and making it the 67th largest exporter in the World (OAC) .As we can see attracting investors and increasing the productivity of the country will lead to a raise in our economy.

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Rayan Mokhtari says:

24/04/2020 at 22:49

When it comes to creativity and innovation, proper health systems- high industrial, educational and technological development are undeniably one of the main foundations of a developed country. For instance, according to the 2020 Human Development Reports, The Netherlands holds the highest score of 96.1 as of having the best healthcare in the world. However, in a country where the strong prey on the weak, a vast majority of the population ceases to receive medical care and the healthcare system seems to be continuously failing.
The Moroccan government should work more on public healthcare, our health system relies mostly on public hospitalization. However, as the name suggests, it is public and therefore will not offer advanced healthcare, it consists of very limited materials and equipment such as sterile syringes or bandages that alot of the local hospitals in many cities have started to run out from. The Moroccan health system also consists of a private sector which usually only offers healthcare to the upper class, and very little is observed in reality when poor citizens of the rural areas travel to the city seeking care, and when care in hospitals is provided, a large proportion of the population is not capable of covering the medical costs.
Therefore, I firmly believe that in order for Morocco to develop its healthcare system, it should first: increase the amount of funding and the budget that is being given to healthcare, mainly the public sectors. Second, since many developed countries are now busy dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak, while Morocco should definitely learn from the mistakes that it has committed (paying very little attention to the health systems), it also has the golden opportunity to improve healthcare during this period. As we have seen lately, Morocco has made a smart move when it comes to dealing with such a perilous virus as COVID-19. This proves that Morocco has the full capability to improve its healthcare systems, but has ceased to pay attention to it for the past years…
To conclude, Morocco’s healthcare systems are continually failing. Although, this can be improved by taking the initiative during this breakout period, Morocco should also increase the budget that is dedicated to medical researches and healthcare, seen as many Moroccans receive decreased quality of care which only applies to the public sector. As Pope Francis once said: “Education, work, and access to health care for all are key elements for development and the just distribution of goods, for the attainment of social justice, for membership in society, and for free and responsible participation in political life.”

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Meryem Djebara says:

24/04/2020 at 23:06

Morocco should protect its young professionals from brain drain at all costs.This phenomenon has a huge effect on the economy and the prosperity of Morocco.
In point of fact,a recent study indicated that the Kingdom has the second highest rate of brain migration in the Middle East and in the North Africa region (Arab Weekly),owing to the fact that many young Moroccan people, especially university graduates in science and technology who favour emigrating to Europe not only because of the adequate living conditions or the appropriate social status and materials abroad but also because of the discouraging working conditions in Morocco that constrain their activities and prevent them from taking initiatives to create and shine with their divergent and bright ideas.Actually it is for the same reasons that a large number of Moroccan students abroad are not returning to work in their country after completing their studies.Last year there were about 50,000 Moroccan students who study abroad and about 200,000 Moroccan experts in various fields who go for working outside their country which made Morocco loose half of its experts.(The Arab Weekly)
In addition,one of the cogent reasons of brain drain in our country are the weakness in the orientation and supervision and the non response of working conditions in the field of communication and technology to the expectations of the youth who graduated in this field.These young engineers look forward to work in an enviroment that drives them to create and invent.Besides,Morocco do not back up neither creativity nor scientific research or technology,over and above the means of working and studying are archaic and also the structure is poorly organized.
For instance,one of the two decisive facts for Switzerland as a top 10 innovative location are the liberal and stable economic system and the excellent infrastructure that results in a very high quality of life,which makes Switzeland eye catching spot for world wild companies and leading specialists all over the world,due to the country’s concerted effort about scientific knowledge and the strong infrastructure which is pleasurable to improve the self developpment and the career path of its people.(Business Insider)
All in all,Morocco must be keen on retaining qualified people and giving them the status they deserve by creating the right professional and social conditions, because they are crucial to the sectoral mechanisms that will help Morocco overcome the current and potential future challenges, and why not become one of the top 10 innovative country in the world in the up coming years?

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Hiba Zaoui says:

24/04/2020 at 23:18

To become an innovative country the priority is raise the economy. In fact the strategy that leads a country to become more innovative is using technology in order to grow the economy. And the first question that comes to the mind after reading the premise is: How to use that technology in a country that is trying to develop like Morocco.
I guess using the high-tech in the educational system is great initiation to start with but to develop the whole country high-tech should be included to a larger file the agriculture. The choice of agriculture is just because Morocco has a great amount of green lands that could be used in a more sophisticated way. Using machines could help more in the production and increase the agriculture exportation to other countries and that helps to grow the economy. On another hand, Morocco already has good number of tourists but could add more just by using the 4D technology and other amusing technologies to attract more tourists.
South Korea do not have any natural resources yet they already are innovative and it’s because of their great minds and their use them in the goal of raising the economy and I think Morocco should start doing the same and find ways to develop the manufacturing all in the same goal of raising the economy and becoming an innovative country.
To conclude Morocco should give more chances to the teenagers to stop the brain-drain.

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Aya yousfi says:

25/04/2020 at 00:49

No one can deny that we can’t develop or change a country in a blink of an eye . Europe needed more than 100 years to become like this. In fact, all the developed country took time to develop and all they started by developing their agriculture. In this quarantine we knew that Morocco can fill the needs of its population and also exporting some products to europe. In addition to this we knew that there is lot of researchers that they need just some encouragement and some support to innovate thingsthat will help in the development of our country. Furthermore, Morocco must use the technology to raise the agriculture production , finding ways to raise soil fertility and educating farmers how to use pesticides and how to take care of crops .As the quote goes on :” it is not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen “and to make this ideas happen we need time, money and a population that love his country and want to see its country in great place in the future

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Rime El Badaoui says:

25/04/2020 at 01:45

In my opinion, the best solution for our country to escape the grinding poverty that many people are now living is agriculture. In point of fact, as we all know, Morocco has an extraordinary geography position as it leads to the fact that it can exploit easily from agriculture. As some facts state that food production around the world must rise by half in the next 30 years to sustain a global population expected to top 10 billion by 2050, which means we need more lands to cultivate. Moreover, it has to be a place with sustainable conditions which the case in Morocco. Just think about the fact that if Morocco tries to help with just it lands it would still take a part in the up-coming land need. Furthermore, because of the fact that Morocco is located in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, with land border with Algeria to the east and Western Sahara to the south, it would be a big gain to the country. For instance, comparing it to the US, it has the largest agriculture industry with the most developed and highly efficient agricultural. The state has introduced latest seed improvement techniques and phenomenon of hybridization to attain the best quality of crop and profit. According to the most recent census, the country has about 2.2 million farms which cover about 922 million acres of land. According to Countrydetail). If Morocco thinks of developing its agriculture it is like developing the whole country because the economy of Morocco actually depends on agriculture. Drawing to a close, I think that Morocco should try to benefit from things that it already has which is agriculture. We need to be happy with what we have and where we are as the quote goes: ”Do what you can do, with what you have, where you are”

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Douae Amimar says:

25/04/2020 at 02:50

No one can doubt that technology has become one of the crucial pillars for any country’s success.For that I think that shedding light on oreinted-technology field can help Morocco to reach the top 10 countries around the world. In point of fact ,south korea could reach the 2nd place thanks to it’s tech-oriented heavyweights such as Samsung, LG and Hyundai.Actually, Korea is one of the smallest countries around the world , and it does not have a lot of natural resources .Nevertheless, they could reach that place thanks to focusing on their human resources. Chang Suk-Gwon, a business management professor at Seoul’s Hanyang University said “We don’t have any other natural resources — we only have our brains to turn to,” .from this quote we can conclude that oriented technology needs creativity and innovation in order to attend a great success . For this reason , Morocco should empower its educational system and teach the students IT basics from a young age .We can not deny that teaching students programation and creating little robots can help Morocco jumping from the latest places to the front ones to conclude we should try to adopt the technology in our country in order to achieve a big success.

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Mohammed Elguerrouj says:

25/04/2020 at 13:01

In recent decades, Technology has become a vital component for a nation and has helped in many fields. To begin with, in this quarantine, Morocco has shown us what they can do. In health caring, Morocco has produced more than 3.2 million masks per day and more than 500 artificial respirators in a short time. In addition to that, Morocco has used software and hardware to teach students. They created their own website to let everyone study from his room. Moreover, Farmers are embracing technology to improve Agriculture. According to James Andrews, “Farming is becoming increasingly technical and high-tech machines allow farmers to be more accurate, decrease wastage and boost productivity and their profit margins, which are increasingly light these days.” All in all, adopting technology morocco will offer more job opportunities and it will help us to become innovative in the future.

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Bayane Bouziane. says:

25/04/2020 at 13:36

For our country to become as innovative as the current top 10 countries, it has to focus on the primary sector, and most importantly on Agriculture.
Morocco has always been an Agricultural country since 40% of the workforce is employed in this field. Even though it has this title, it doesn’t mean that it is very developed in the primary sector. On the contrary, we apply conventional and archaic methods.
Agriculture wouldn’t be included in the primary sector without its primordiality. Furthermore, if products aren’t produced in this sector, the other sectors could not function properly and wouldn’t be of any use. That’s why I believe that we should provide for the laborers, schools with open education for any peasant, at any age. It will include a traineeship, from which they will gain worthy experiences. Added to this, integrating and adopting existing, beneficial technologies and using much more efficient methods will increase the annual production and exportation as well. As an example, Singapore, due to its lack of land it started adopting vertical farming, which helped them produce 5 000 to 10 000 kg of vegetables a day, according to the straits times. As claimed by Hortidaily, It also tested nano-sensors in the leave of green vegetables. This method was approved by Dr. Azlinda Anwar, who believes that it would help develop healthier and new varieties of plants and increase farming productivity.
All in all, Agriculture is an indispensable sector that Morocco should reconsider to become an innovative country.

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Aya Quassaoui says:

25/04/2020 at 18:19

No one can doubt that Morocco can become an innovative country , but it definitely needs a lot of work . It is an absolute fact that trying to come up with a new plan , that other countries did not really rely on might help our country escape from our current miserable situation . In other words , what did work for other countries does not quite mean it will work for us . It has never been that easy , copying what developped countries . If it was , Morocco would have reached the top 10 innovative countries , since it’s just following France’s steps , but all of what they tried came to nothing . In order to become an innovative country , our country should shed light on the scientific research field , and try to invest financially more in it . Besides , Morocco should deploy strenuous efforts in terms of the human resources by changing the educational system for it , and us as citizens , to have a brighter future . Moreover , Morocco is a country that suffers from “Brain-drain” , that’s the reason why i think that we should focus more on offering genuis Moroccan students the most convinient circumstances so that they will avoid leaving their home country , at least that’s what’s students do back in South Korea , they go abroad to finish their studies and come back to where they belong , because they have a huge faith in that place . So the solution should be letting people trust our system and strategy . And as Chang-Suk Gown said : “We do not have any other natural resources — we only have our brains to turn to ” . ( Business insider )

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- Aya Quassaoui says:
  
  28/04/2020 at 20:33
  
  copying what developped countries achieved.
  
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