The problem of professional integration of the theology university graduates in cote d'ivoire

Our thesis project proposed to study the problem of professional integration of graduates from Islamic universities in Côte d'Ivoire. Considering the professional integration of young graduates from Islamic universities as a phenomenon with multiple factors, the research took a comprehensive look at the training system of these young graduates, which de facto does not allow them to access formal state jobs. Moreover, Islamic education exposes them to other constraints of the labour market in Côte d'Ivoire, but, despite all this, young Arabic speakers decide to enter higher education in this type of education. In such a context, the thesis tried to capture the perceptions of the family unit of the graduates that supports them throughout the training process in order to materialise any attempt to understand the individual, social, family and educational factors of their professional integration problem. Based on a qualitative methodology, the research undertook an in-depth analysis of the two main Islamic universities in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire. The data obtained underwent a triangulation of information, i.e. comparing it with other information collected from various categories of actors concerned by the study, then a content analysis was made on the data collected. The conclusions of the study are also based on the analysis of reports, in-depth interviews (carried out directly and indirectly) and the collection of some quantitative data through the observation grid. The results highlight that the origin of the choice of Islamic education as an academic curriculum, the lack of clear visibility around the employment programs developed by vocational integration structures for young Arabic speakers, the divergence of positions between state authorities and Islamic education managers on the status of Islamic education considerably disadvantages graduates from Islamic universities in their path towards successful professional integration. Indeed, other social practices have a significant impact on the entrepreneurial ability of graduates to not innovate sufficiently in terms of seeking out job information according to their Arabic-speaking profile to be able to access other types of jobs. In short, certain peripheral constraints make the professional integration of graduates from Islamic universities a process full of discrimination, isolation, religious ideologies and psychological blockages. Keywords: Secularism, Islamic education, Islamic university graduates, professional integration, Côte d'Ivoire.