Thousands of teachers in several Moroccan cities have been protesting since last week to ask for their integration into the public sector, while the government has confirmed that there is “no retreat” from the current system of contracts with limited duration.
The number of those involved in this system, adopted since 2016 is 55 thousand teachers. In fact, they have been on strike since 4 March, accompanied by strikes and vigils in several cities, which have been suppressed by the police, where dozens of people were wounded and fainting, according to our trade union sources.
It is noteworthy that to face these protests, the government had decided to employ the teachers, under an alternative formula through working contracts with the regional academies, but this formula was rejected by teachers.
The National Education Minister, Said Amazazi, confirmed this week that the new formula for hiring teachers under contracts with regional academies is "a strategic option that cannot be cancelled" adding that "the contracts they signed and committed to respect with their own will (…) do not allow them to be integrated into the public service. "
The government emphasizes that this system provides for the same rights, duties, training and social protection as the public teachers, with the exception of the pension system. However, the "contracted" teachers cling to permanent employment and express their intention to escalate their protests until being equal with their colleagues in the public office who share the same duties.
Five unions of teachers organized a national rally in solidarity with them on March 12 in Rabat, expressing their condemnation of the repression of their regional protests.
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