Education English is the language of international communication, tourism, and science and technology. As the nature of education in Morocco moves towards technical and professional areas, Peace Corps Volunteers and their Moroccan colleagues are working together to adapt teaching techniques, expand educational resources, and design English classes targeted to technical needs. At the university level, Volunteers are expanding and developing resource centers to increase support for student research. This need was identified as an area where Peace Corps could make a lasting and valuable contribution to library development through former Volunteers serving as university professors. In 1997, five Volunteers focused on the development of university libraries and information management systems.
Volunteers also serve in schools for the blind.
Ten Volunteers are teaching orientation and mobility skills at nine Moroccan schools for the visually-impaired, to prepare students for integration into the education system and their communities. One Volunteer completed a teaching manual for teachers of the blind in grades 1-3 that focuses on the area of concept development. Environment Morocco is in the process of developing a national strategy to make its parks and nature reserves more user-friendly and accessible so that tourism will increase and generate greater revenue. In collaboration with local park officials, Volunteers are developing management strategies to address the unique ecosystems of individual parks. One Volunteer coordinated the design, funding and construction of five incinerators in Tazekka National Park to address garbage and waste problems.