Introduction to the National Office for School Publications
1-Creation and Tasks:
The National Office for School Publications is an industrial and commercial public institution with moral personality and financial independence, operating under the auspices of the Ministry of National . Established by Executive Decree No. 90-11 of 1st January 1990, amended and supplemented by Executive Decree No. 18-131 of 02 May 2021, the DIWAN assumes the following functions:
The Office, entitled “Business Tasks”, is tasked with the following:
1-Publishing, printing and distributing literature, books, magazines, documents and semi-textbooks in accordance with established regulations;
2-Reproduction, publication and distribution of foreign textbooks, books and documents with school and pedagogical use, which are translated and quoted, in accordance with established regulations;
3-The intensification of the national distribution network of schoolbooks, semi-textbooks and pedagogical documents through retail,
4-Expansion of distribution activity through the establishment of pedagogical distribution and publishing centres, branches, points of sale and private libraries accredited by the Diwan across the country’s territory;
5-To provide all publishing, printing and distribution services outside the textbook, in particular for the blind;
6-Delivery of contractual services with various public and private institutions, as well as the establishment of exchanges and cooperation with national and foreign bodies;
7-Joint publication with national and foreign clients.
The Office as Public Service is charged with the following tasks:
1-Publication, printing and distribution of literature, textbooks, magazines, educational and pedagogical documents;
2-Publishing, printing and distributing authorized literature and books of a compulsory nature, including those with weak commercial returns;
3- Expansion of publishing, printing and distribution activities outside the textbook;
4-Publication, printing and distribution of textbooks for the blind;
5-Organizing seminars, lectures and conducting studies and research related to his field of interest;
6-Establishing and maintaining a documentary balance of the textbook and all pedagogical documents;Ensuring that they are preserved and preserved in the archives
7-Printing of the Official Bulletin of National Education and all other documents of school use;
8-Completion of all relevant technical, technological and economic studies.
The internal organization of the Office, under the authority of the Director-General assisted by an Assistant Director-General, includes the following:
– Production Directorate,
– Technical Directorate,
– Directorate of Dissemination
– Supply Directorate,
– Directorate of Trade and Distribution,
– Directorate of Finance and Accounting,
– Directorate of Public Administration,
– Directorate of Audit and Surveillance,
– State centres for pedagogical distribution and dissemination, branches and points of sale.
The DIWAN has different kinds of machines and equipment needed to do all the work related to publishing and printing at all stages
The DIWAN distributes textbooks and various educational publications and bonds to all states of the country through the following distribution network:
State Centres for Pedagogical Distribution and Dissemination.
Regional distribution centres.
Points of sale/POS.
Accredited private libraries are available throughout the country
