King Mohammed VI of Morocco has inaugurated the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra City for vocational training (CMC) in the town of Tamesna.
The project is the result of a partnership between the Office of Vocational Training and Employment, the Hassan II Fund for Economic and Social Development, and the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra Region Council.
The overall budget of the project settled at MAD 380 million ($38 million). The investment does not include the cost of the two institutes specialized in health professions and the food industry attached to the City of Professions and Competencies.
The city serves as an institution for professional training and is in line with royal instructions and the new roadmap for the development of the vocational training sector.
To ensure the successful execution of its mission, the professional training hub is equipped with pedagogical spaces and “life spaces” that facilitate the development of technical and comprehensive skills as well as the self-development of trainees.
The city houses six specialized sectors dedicated to acquiring professional skills, along with six integrated practical platforms. These platforms provide training based on “learning by doing” through exercises that simulate real professional environments, enabling trainees to gain practical experience.
The “Industry” pole, designed in the form of a pedagogical factory, offers trainees the opportunity to engage with ten different specialties related to quality, health and safety, environment, industrial and electrical engineering, mechanics, and automotive professions.
In addition, the pole includes a mini-pedagogical chain for manufacturing electric vehicle charging stations. It operates as a real-size application platform managed by multidisciplinary teams and trainees specializing in various fields within the sector.
The training hub further comprises shared facilities, including a language and self-skills center, a vocational guidance center, innovation spaces (collaborative workspace, development laboratory, digital factory, incubator), a multimedia library, and a dedicated space for open online training courses (MOOC).
The studio within this space is equipped with multimedia facilities to produce audiovisual content and training materials. Moreover, there is a conference center available.
In terms of living spaces, the city provides a trainees’ residence with a capacity of 700 beds, a cafeteria, a shelter, several meeting spaces, and sports fields (football, basketball, volleyball, and handball).
The vocational training hub covers an area of 10 hectares and has an annual capacity of 3,560 seats, which can be increased to 4,560 seats with the addition of the two associated institutes: the Health Professions Training Institute in Rabat (currently under construction, with a capacity of 560 pedagogical seats annually) and the Food Industry Training Institute in Kenitra (completed and boasting a capacity of 440 trainees per year).
The institution offers training in eight sectors, including four newly selected sectors adapting to the needs of the Moroccan market. The training programs consist of 105 training courses, including 80 newly established and 25 courses that have been restructured and updated. The course also extends to new professions, such as 22 courses on digital and artificial intelligence, 15 courses in health, 14 in agriculture, and 13 in tourism and hospitality
