PRESIDENT'S WORD
It is customary for the president to present a note to introduce the site of the school whose destiny he controls. Our word revolves around a set of missions that must assume a school in a world full of turbulence with exponential evolution with uncertain values and where science and scientific tools are gaining ground from day to day to the detriment of other tools. non-scientific. The missions of a school are many interdependent and evolving. Let us quote the most important:
THE LEARNING MISSION
It is within the school that the pupils discover and assimilate the basic concepts which will enable them to store the knowledge of previous generations and subsequently expand the knowledge of human civilization. This heuristic role does not happen straight away. It is spread over many years. It can be general or specific or to a limited area of knowledge. Skills are learned methodologically and require a great deal of perseverance from both the sender and the receiver. Modern pedagogies have become aware of this pitfall and are trying to find a solution to it.
THE MISSION OF REPRODUCTION OF VALUES
Religious, social, economic and cultural values are passed on from generation to generation and several authorities collaborate in this work of reproduction.
This relation field is shared between 2 large groups of values.
• Traditional values, the majority of which come from the Arab-Muslim civilization.
• Western values which generally come from the West.
The school must proceed to a work of reconciliation,
compromise and consensus between the two generally contradictory poles.
It must unite the past with its shortcomings with the present with a thousand vicissitudes without forgetting to consider a translucent future.
It is a grandiose task that requires daring, diplomacy and tact: the results are always uncertain.
The world is moving inexorably towards a set of unanimous values where human rights take the lion's share. This process of standardizing values cannot be carried out peacefully. Resistance, the interplay of the interests of individuals and groups and ignorance delay the emergence of a world where homo-sapiens will have certain and shared values. Today's school must resolve these contradictions,
or at least develop a methodology to mitigate them.
THE ADAPTATION MISSION
The school must instill in the learners the know-how which will enable them to create added value. Generating added value has become an obviously difficult and fully competitive task. Students and interns must be willing to spend time learning. The complexity of production, the uncertainties of organizations, the fragility of distribution mean that the creation of added value requires a large investment
intellectual. Job opportunities are plentiful. Modern economies are creating thousands of them, it is up to the school to adapt its training to the demands of the labor supply. Traditional trades cannot absorb all these job seekers. Other activities, other trades, other skills and other employment niches are to be sought, developed and offered.
THE MISSION OF CITIZENSHIP AND LOVE
Our young interns are first and foremost citizens. They are linked to a nation, to a territory to a state. We need to teach them to show collective sense. We must not remind them that they are full members in an increasingly civilized, organized and responsible world. The principle of equality of men is fully established.
As in matters of religion and morals, modern man must learn to love his neighbor. This neighbor is the subordinate, it is the leader, it is the colleague or it is quite simply the other citizen. Citizenship and love go hand in hand in a context of openness of tolerance and equality.
