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Morocco: social dialogue in higher education

This dossier follows dialogue between the Higher Education Ministry and staff unions, their demands and documented decisions.

Last updated : 2 key moments
Parliament building in Rabat.
Parliament in Rabat, August 2025. Archive image; not the 1 November 2026 protest. Taha ahh, CC0; resized. — Taha ahh / Wikimedia Commons — CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ — photo du 8 août 2025, redimensionnement uniquement.

Where things stand

On 1 November 2026, Hespress reports a union invitation to a meeting on 5 November. The representatives interviewed had not received an agenda.

Reported information

Higher education: union meeting reported for Thursday

Higher education staff unions have received an invitation to a meeting on Thursday, 5 November 2026, Hespress reports on 1 November, citing union sources.

Parliament building in Rabat, archive photograph.
Parliament in Rabat, August 2025. Archive institutional illustration; does not depict the planned meeting. Taha ahh, CC0; resized. — Taha ahh / Wikimedia Commons — CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ — photo du 8 août 2025, redimensionnement uniquement.

According to those sources, Minister Azzedine El Midaoui is expected to attend, but they have not received an agenda. No new agreement has been announced.

The issue forms part of broader demands over staff conditions and access to study: on 30 October, Safircom reported that the Kingdom's Ombudsman had referred a complaint about university fees imposed on employees to the ministry.

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Reported information

Rabat: employees protest against university fees

Employees and civil servants demonstrated outside Parliament in Rabat on 1 November 2026 against fees charged for continuing university studies under flexible timetables, Almaghrib Info and Hespress report.

Parliament building in Rabat.
Parliament in Rabat, August 2025. Archive image; not the 1 November 2026 protest. Taha ahh, CC0; resized. — Taha ahh / Wikimedia Commons — CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ — photo du 8 août 2025, redimensionnement uniquement.

The national coordination representing the employees concerned is demanding free higher education. Participants describe the fees as a financial burden that, in their view, hinders study alongside professional commitments.

Hespress’s video report records calls to repeal Article 81 of Law 59.24. That demand is not a legislative change: the sources consulted report neither the removal of fees nor a new agreement with the ministry following the gathering.

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