This Friday, parents of students attending primary schools under the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) in the Rabat-Kenitra region decided not to send their children to school. This action is a protest against what they describe as an «unjustified increase in tuition fees».
Nearly four decades after the tragic discovery of Inass, the Moroccan child known as the «A10 martyr», her parents are finally set to face trial in France for her death. Scheduled for November 2026, this long-awaited trial follows a significant breakthrough in 2018, when DNA analysis identified the victim, leading to the arrest of her parents on charges of torture and complicity.
In the wake of budget decisions affecting the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) since December 2025, parents of students in Morocco have voiced concern over the transfer of personnel costs to schools, a move that has led to unprecedented increases in tuition fees. Families could be required to pay up to an additional 10,000 dirhams per year.
The choice for a suitable framework for the start of the school year scheduled for September 7 continues to divide in Morocco. While it created confusion among the parents of students, trade unions and parents associations have called for alternatives.
The coronavirus health crisis has left several parents stranded with their very young children and sometimes heavily pregnant women. Three of them shared with Yabiladi their double struggle.
While stranded abroad, several parents have left their children behind in Morocco without knowing when and how they will be home again. Seperated, hurt and shaken by the situation, some of them shared their struggle with Yabiladi.
As a child, Abdellah Mehraz was left behind by his father in Morocco to get a better education. Years later, the man set up a consultancy in the Netherlands to prevent migrant fathers from repeating his parents’ mistakes.