BMCE Bank Foundation

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Foundation

BMCE BANK FOUNDATION, COMMITTED TO EDUCATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS

BMCE Bank Foundation for Education and the Environment proposes innovative and pragmatic solutions to the challenges of providing education in Morocco’s rural areas and in a number of African countries in which the Group has operations. Its flagship Medersat.com programme is focused on providing high-quality pre-school and primary education in rural community schools and is aimed at improving access to education and combating insecurity as a result of educational inequality. Each year, more than 12,000 pupils benefit from this programme in 63 schools in Morocco alone while pupils in six other schools in sub-Saharan Africa – Senegal (two schools), Congo- Brazzaville, Mali, Rwanda and Djibouti – also benefit from the programme.

On the educational side, the Foundation has opted for an innovative approach by teaching in three languages – Arabic, French and Tamazight – from preschool age. The teaching of Mandarin Chinese has also been introduced in Years 5 and 6 of primary school in pilot schools to encourage an openness to other cultures. The Foundation is also leveraging new information and communication technologies – interactive whiteboards and IT rooms in every school – to provide a high-quality education as well as gradually introducing educational robotics.

BMCE Bank Foundation’s activism is further highlighted in its Eco-Schools programme, run in partnership with the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection. The Eco-Schools programme is an educational tool which raises children’s awareness about environmental protection from as early as pre-school and encourages them to gradually adopt eco-friendly behaviour in their daily life. As a result, 37 Medersat. com schools – 50% of the network – were awarded the Eco-School label during the 2021-22 academic year. Environmental considerations are also taken into account when designing, building and managing network schools.