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Rabat – Morocco is allocating a budget of MAD 9 billion (nearly $886 million) to fulfill its commitment towards raising teachers’ salaries following a series of national strikes which caused class disruptions in public schools.
Minister of Education Chakib Benmoussa announced the news at a session at the House of Representatives on Monday, stressing that the budget concerns the monthly increase of MAD 1,500 (nearly $150) in teachers’ salaries as well as other agreed-upon allowances.
The budget will be invested to ensure the agreed-upon agreements with teachers’ representative unions for the years 2024 and 2025, he said.
“The salary increase, paid in two installments in January 2024 and 2025, is historic, and exceptional,” Benmoussa said.
He emphasized that the increase represents approximately 30% of teachers’ current salary.
“Teaching is a challenging sector for which it is necessary to mobilize without resorting to excess,” he said.
Dialogue with teachers will continue despite the reached agreement, the minister added, emphasizing that his department is convinced that “the teacher is at the heart of the reform to improve their situation.”
On Sunday, December 10, the government celebrated an agreement with teaching unions regarding a salary increase.
The agreement included a general salary increase. The raise will be applied in two equal installments in January 2024 and January 2025.
Among other details agreed on as part of the agreement are monthly increases in the specific allowances for teachers outside the scale, starting from scale 5.
It also concerns additional allowances of MAD 500 (nearly $50) per month for qualifying secondary school teachers, and new additional allowances of MAD 500 for educational administrators.
Benmoussa celebrated the agreement by describing it as a “milestone.”
This is a “very important milestone that can create a positive atmosphere within the sector,” he told reporters following the agreement signing on Sunday.
