فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
Rabat – In a move aimed at promoting fairness and honoring prior agreements, the General National Union of Doctors of Morocco sent an official letter to the Minister of National Education, Early Education, and Sports, requesting an increase in the number of positions allocated for regularizing the status of employees holding doctorate degrees within the sector. This request is part of Draft Finance Law No. 50.25 for the fiscal year 2026, with the union seeking to raise the positions from 600 to 2,500 to ensure implementation of agreements signed with the ministry.
According to the letter, the demand is based on provisions of agreements dated January 18, 2022, and December 23, 2023, which specified changing the framework for doctorate holders working in the Ministry of National Education to research professors in three batches covering 2024, 2025, and 2026. The union emphasized that this measure reflects a commitment to improving the quality of education and educational research by investing in the scientific and pedagogical competencies available in the educational system.
Despite official commitments, the union noted that the ministry allocated only 600 positions for the 2024 competition, while the number of doctorate-holding candidates exceeded 5,700 employees. Furthermore, the new 2026 finance bill proposes maintaining the same number (600 positions), although the total number of doctorate holders in the sector exceeds 6,000 employees. The union considers this limited figure an obstacle to achieving fairness and equal opportunities within the sector, as well as hindering the implementation of agreement terms within the specified deadlines.
In its call for revision, the union stressed the necessity of raising the number of positions to at least 2,500, stating that this “ensures optimal investment in scientific and pedagogical competencies and contributes to improving the quality of education and educational research.” The statement also highlighted that the financial cost of this measure remains limited compared to the expected benefits, including providing professional and psychological stability for doctorate holders, enhancing educational performance within institutions, and closing this long-awaited issue.
This request comes amid ongoing efforts to regularize the status of doctorate holders in Morocco, where increasing positions is considered a key step toward strengthening the educational system and supporting scientific research. The topic is expected to generate debates in parliament during the discussion of the 2026 finance bill, with anticipated ministry response to the letter.
