This contribution is meant to highlight the difficulties besetting the integration
of linguistic issues in development projects, of most concern here in the field of
education via the learning – teaching of national languages to all Moroccan
citizens in all levels and degrees.
To meet the afore-mentioned goals, we offer a brief description of the
international and national contexts in which the introduction of Amazigh
(Berber) in the educational system is conducted, followed by an assessment of
the economic situation of Morocco. Afterwards, we accommodate the question
of promoting Amazigh culture/language not only in the light of international
conventions but also with regard to the advances made nationally in this
respect over the last 10 years. We shall bring the paper to an end by developing
a whole range of psycho-pedagogical arguments as well as other no less
important aspects (anthropological and economic) that stand in fundamental
support of the teaching – learning of the amazigh language in Morocco,
especially as it has become a categorical reality that language is a key factor
for development.