Morocco’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection has pledged to hire new nurses and paramedics to address unemployment among recent graduates, according to unions that attended a meeting with ministry officials on Tuesday.
The National Health Federation said in a statement that the ministry committed to opening new recruitment competitions at regional levels and within university hospital centers before the end of 2025 or early 2026 at the latest. Remaining budgeted posts could also be redirected toward unemployed graduates.
The ministry also promised continued consultation with unions before launching new hiring rounds, with the goal of reaching “zero unemployed graduates” in the sector, the federation said. Union representatives stressed the need to link training directly to employment.
The Independent Union of Nurses said the talks included practical solutions to absorb accumulated unemployment, such as increasing the number of budgeted positions, temporarily halting training in some specialties, and adjusting admissions to nursing and health institutes to match the ministry’s actual needs.
A joint committee has been tasked with overseeing the implementation of the agreements through regular meetings.
Mohamed El Wardi, secretary-general of the National Health Federation, said nursing is an essential profession that requires practice immediately after training. “Without practice, graduates lose the knowledge they have gained,” he told Hespress AR.
He added that the ministry had responded with “realistic solutions,” including creating the necessary posts to allow nurses to work under better conditions and integrating unemployed graduates in the coming months.
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