Morocco increases spending on health and education to $15 billion in 2026 | news

The Moroccan Royal Palace announced on Sunday that the Kingdom will allocate 140 billion dirhams ($15 billion) in its budget for next year to health and education, an increase of 16% over last year.

Improving health and educational services, as well as fighting corruption, is a major demand in the “Generation Z” youth protests in the past few weeks, which resumed yesterday in several Moroccan cities after a pause that lasted a few days.

The Royal Palace stated – in a statement – that the draft finance law for the year 2026 is based on several priorities, one of which includes “strengthening the budgetary effort allocated to the health and national education sectors,” reaching a budget of 140 billion dirhams, in addition to creating more than 27 thousand financial positions for the benefit of the two sectors.

The statement stressed that for the health sector, the focus will be on improving the supply of health infrastructure, through the opening of two university hospital centers in Agadir and Laayoune (south), and completing the construction and equipment of a hospital center in Rabat.

Work will also continue to build university hospital centers in other cities (such as Beni Mellal, Guelmim, and Errachidia), in addition to launching the process of rehabilitating and modernizing 90 hospitals.

As for the education sector, the statement indicated that government agencies will work during the year 2026 to accelerate the implementation of a “road map” to reform the educational system, by accelerating the universalization of primary education, enhancing school support services, and improving the quality of education.

He was the Moroccan king Mohammed VI In a speech on October 10 – during the opening of the new legislative session of Parliament – he called for accelerating reforms to provide jobs for young people, improve public services and develop rural areas, warning against any complacency in the efficiency of public investment.

In his speech, he stressed that the priorities of this stage include “encouraging local initiatives and economic activities, providing job opportunities for young people, advancing the education and health sectors, and rehabilitating the territorial field,” calling for “fighting all practices that waste time, effort, and capabilities.”

Since yesterday, Saturday, youth demonstrations led by the “Generation Z212” movement have continued in a number of Moroccan cities after days of cessation.

The movement reiterated its demands to improve services in the health and education sectors and fight corruption, in addition to the immediate release of all prisoners of conscience.