The regional directorates of the Ministry of National Education, Early Childhood Education, and Sports in Morocco are racing against time to complete partial or comprehensive rehabilitation operations for several educational institutions ahead of the 2025-2026 school year. Over July and August, these directorates closely monitored the work in various schools, including those opening for the first time or joining the “Leadership Schools” project. The “Construction, Equipment, and Properties” departments, part of the regional directorates, have overseen these operations, carried out by contracted companies, through field visits to track progress.

Periodic reports have been prepared and submitted to academies and the central administration in Rabat, covering schools opening for the first time, those rehabilitated and equipped, or transitioning into “Leadership Schools.” The operations primarily involved essential educational facility equipment, such as repainting, providing new-generation blackboards, and revising projector setups, as highlighted in a recent memo by the ministry’s acting secretary-general, Al-Hussein Qaddad. Regional education directorates resumed full staff work recently, aiming to hand over the institutions involved in these partial or full renovations by the end of the month, based on precise technical expertise. The last week of the month is critical to ensuring schools are ready for the new academic year, whether they underwent limited or comprehensive rehabilitation of facilities and equipment. Reports on this have been positive.

Recently, Nadia Bouzandfa, a parliamentarian from the Authenticity and Modernity Party, requested detailed information from Mohamed Saad Barada, Minister of National Education, Early Childhood Education, and Sports, about the system’s readiness for the upcoming school year. She emphasized sufficient human resources, completion of rehabilitation and maintenance works, and timely provision of textbooks and educational supplies. Moroccan students and their families are preparing for the end of the summer vacation, with September 8 set as the official and mandatory date for returning to classrooms after administrative and educational staff have signed the school entry protocols. According to a previous ministry decision, the number of institutions involved in the “Leadership Schools” project is expected to increase by 2,008 new primary schools and 554 new middle schools, reaching a total of 785 institutions. Public education institutions welcomed nearly 7 million students last year, alongside the establishment of 189 new educational institutions, 68 of which are in rural areas.