Educational Administrators’ Union Escalates Protests and Calls for National Sit-in in Rabat

Rabat – The National Union of Educational Administrators has expressed its strong condemnation of what it described as the Ministry of National Education’s “deaf ear policy” and its rejection of the “double standards” in dealing with sectoral unions. In a statement issued on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, the union called on all educational administrators to participate massively in the national sit-in it has called for on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Rabat.

The union’s national office pointed to the “remarkable success” of previous protest actions, which reflected the “unity of the ranks of educational administration staff” and their commitment to their “fair and legitimate demands.” However, it noted with “strong dissatisfaction” the Ministry’s continued “disregard for the interest of public schools,” the “systematic exclusion” of the educational administrators’ demands, the “pursuit of a policy of evasion,” and the “blatant attempts to circumvent” their legitimate demands, considering this a “clear underestimation of the sacrifices of men and women in educational administration.”

The union warned against the “overt attempts by some regional officials” to “break the struggles of educational administration staff” through the “dissemination of false information,” “direct pressure on male and female activists,” and “sending invitations to meetings without specifying the subject,” affirming the solidarity of educational administrators with their steadfast union and their comprehensive set of demands. It emphasized their full commitment to implementing their escalating protest program, stating that “the current time is a time for decisive action on the ground.”

The national office also congratulated the working class on International Workers’ Day and recorded its strong condemnation of “all forms of violence” against administrative and educational staff in educational institutions, calling on the Ministry to bear its legal, administrative, and ethical responsibilities. It expressed its disapproval of the “dissemination of false information” aimed at undermining their protest program and its strong denunciation of the “restriction of trade union freedoms” and the “harassment” faced by educational administrators in several regions.

The union reiterated its rejection of the Ministry’s “closed-door policy” and “double standards,” warning against the “ostrich policy” and holding it responsible for any failure in the current academic year. It also expressed its absolute rejection of a draft decree concerning the conditions and procedures for occupying administrative positions in public education institutions, affirming its continued implementation of the escalating protest program to achieve all their demands.

The union reiterated its emphasis on a number of key demands, most notably:

• Establishing a special statute for educational administrators.
• Increasing the supplementary allowance for the cadre and including it in the pension calculation.
• Creating a new promotion grade beyond the excellent grade.
• Opening mobility between educational levels based on basic training.
• Abolishing the exemption from educational administration duties, as they are inherent tasks of the educational administrator, and abolishing the approval procedure.
• Establishing special allowances for the tasks outlined in paragraph “B” of Article 22 of Decree 2.14.140.
• Equating the training diploma in the educational administration sector with a Master’s degree.
• Granting educational administrators currently working in this capacity at the time of the new statute’s issuance a two-year seniority for promotion in grade and rank.
• Expediting the financial settlement for educational administrators working in newly established institutions.
• Regularizing the administrative status of exempted educational administrators assigned to administrative tasks.
• Accelerating the financial settlement for educational administrators in open learning centers.
• Reviewing the inadequate housing allowance and increasing the flat-rate travel allowance for educational administration staff.
• Establishing a fixed monthly allowance for educational administration components in pioneering institutions.
• Abolishing the management of educational institutions by civil associations (Success School Support Association, School Sports Association).
• Establishing a night work allowance for general supervisors of boarding schools in educational institutions.
• Strengthening educational institutions with administrative assistants to alleviate administrative burdens.
• Ensuring equity for educational administration staff working in community schools and independent schools in rural areas by granting them the same points as those in school clusters.
• Establishing an allowance for additional responsibilities of educational administrators (preschool education, assignment to more than one task, boarding sections, assignment to more than 600 students, etc.).
• Implementing Ministerial Circulars No. 4499/24 and 4917/24 concerning administrative burdens and assignment institutions.
• Ensuring equity for those affected by Decree 2.18.294 (those who entered the educational administration sector in the second grade).
• Providing the 2020-2022 cohort with their allowances for administrative burdens for the 2021-2022 academic year.
• Implementing court rulings issued in favor of educational administrators.
• Implementing Ministerial Circular No. 4966/24 regarding the payment of entitlements for educational administration staff – 2015 cohort.
• Improving the working conditions of educational administrators and reducing weekly working hours to 24 hours.
• Providing security for educational institutions and administrative and educational staff.
• Expediting the organization of the educational administration sector recruitment exam to address the severe shortage and allocate the actual required number of positions.

The union called on all educational administrators to participate in a national sit-in in Rabat on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at 11:00 AM in front of the Ministry of National Education, and to firmly continue the previously announced protest actions, including suspending all operations related to the Success School Support Association, boycotting all operations, meetings, and training related to the integrated school project and pioneering institutions, boycotting the “From Child to Child” initiative, boycotting the input of guidance requests and preschool education data, and preparing to submit resignations from the Success School Support Association.

In conclusion, the union announced the continuation of its escalating protest program and warned the supervisory ministry against persisting in ignoring the voice of male and female activists, holding it fully responsible for the future consequences of its intransigence and refusal of serious and responsible dialogue. It affirmed that “today we are at a crucial moment that requires all educational administrators to unite the struggle, strengthen ranks, and raise the level of readiness and mobilization to achieve all rights fully.”