Validation of non-formal and informal learning – Morocco

Since 2008, the main term used in Morocco, and by its Department of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (Département de la formation professionnelle, DFP) to designate the validation of non-formal and informal learning (VNFIL) is ‘Validation of occupational experiential learning’ (Validation des acquis de l’expérience professionnelle, VAEP2). This choice is not neutral, since it clearly indicates a focus on the validation of non-formal and informal learning outcomes from occupational experience and corresponding to specific professions defined by an as-yet unadopted regulation applying Law 60-173 of 5 October 2018. The Law does indeed exist, but the implementing decrees and regulatory texts are pending. At the time of writing, they have not even been announced.