Preschool registrations in Morocco note 1.7% increase for current school year

Preschool registrations in Morocco note 1.7% increase for current school year
Friday 5 May 2023 - 18:30

The total number of children enrolled in preschool education in Morocco has increased by 1.7% during the 2022/2023 school year, reaching a total of 931,393, with girls representing 49.5%, against 915,491 children enrolled the previous year.

In an assessment of the Department of National Education and Preschool in figures and indicators for the school year 2022/2023 unveiled Thursday, it shows an improvement in the pace of generalization of preschool.

Public preschool education, managed by the partners and regulated by the State, has recorded a significant increase in attractiveness, from 514,856 children enrolled for the 2021/2022 school year to 571,301 during the current school year, i.e. an increase of 11%.

As for the private preschool, it recorded a decrease of 3.2%, the number of students having gone from 230,251 in 2021/2022 to 222,795 in 2022/2023.

The same trend has been observed in informal preschool, which has decreased significantly, by about 19.4%, with the number of enrollees falling from 170,384 in 2021/2022 to 137,297 in 2022/2023.

The report of the Department of National Education and Preschool for the school year 2022/2023 presents positive and encouraging results, reflecting the efforts made by the Ministry and its partners for a quality school for all, as well as the return of the positive trend of data and indicators of the education system after the relative stagnation that the latter experienced during the period of the Covid-19

The document reviews the statistics and results of different areas of intervention, namely preschool, school supply, social support and human resources. It also presents the evolution of the main indicators of the education system during the school year 2022/2023.

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