Having left Morocco at 17 without being able to obtain a student loan in the United Kingdom, Ismail El Yacoubi made numerous sacrifices to fund his studies. At 26, his investment and pension portfolio is worth approximately €138,000.
Morocco has now incorporated into the very structure of the Ministry of National Education a body responsible for education intended for Moroccan children living abroad. Arabic, Amazigh, Moroccan culture, and the history and geography of the kingdom are explicitly included among its missions.
The new PISA results are particularly severe for Morocco. At age 15, 87% of the students assessed fail to reach the minimum level in reading, 84% in mathematics and 77% in science.
Aragon is scrapping the Arabic Language and Moroccan Culture Programme in the ten institutions that still offered it, starting this school year. The measure, announced Sunday by regional vice-president Alejandro Nolasco, takes effect immediately.
An international salary comparison platform places the median remuneration observed in Morocco at 6,000 dirhams per month. However, this amount conceals considerable disparities and is based on a still-limited sample.
Morocco has significantly reduced school exclusion since the early 2000s, but 570,000 adolescents and young people were still out of school in 2023. UNESCO highlights both the scale of the progress achieved and the difficulties that persist in secondary education.
One million jobs in five years and no pension below 3,000 dirhams. With the legislative elections approaching, the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) is putting forward several particularly ambitious social commitments.
Up to 90% of Moroccan girls use a medical certificate to be excused from physical education. This surprising finding appears in an official European Commission document devoted to youth in Morocco.
Moroccan public universities are preparing a national pricing for part-time training programs . From 2026-2027 onwards, employees and professionals could pay between 5,000 and 20,000 dirhams per year to resume their studies without leaving their jobs.
The World Bank and Morocco are launching a new ten-year partnership. Central objective: create more jobs, particularly for young people and women , by giving greater prominence to the private sector.
Teachers demonstrated in front of the Ministry of National Education to demand Saturday off and a reduction in weekly teaching hours to 18 hours. The union also denounces the exclusion of certain teachers from a supplementary allowance.
Faced with soaring food and fuel prices, Moroccan consumer habits are undergoing radical transformation. Non-essential purchases are being sacrificed in favor of strict budget management, primarily affecting leisure and shopping.