Students and teaching staff in compulsory education
In 2020, Morocco counted nearly 7,900 primary schools. The number of school-going children at this educational level grew steadily from 2009 onwards, totaling over 4.5 million in 2020. Elementary school teachers instead exceeded 166,000. After five years of primary education, students attend lower-secondary schools for four years. In 2020, almost three million students were enrolled in secondary schools, while teachers amounted to nearly 150,000. Although basic education is compulsory, many children do not attend school. As of 2020, over 17,000 pupils were out of primary school in Morocco.Rising tertiary education enrollment
Around 1.2 million students attended tertiary education in Morocco in 2020. The number of enrollees increased significantly in recent years, growing from approximately 450,000 students in 2010. Enrollment and successful completion of higher education programs is more common among women, who represented 54 percent of the university graduates in the country in 2020. Moreover, out of all tertiary student enrollments, nearly eight percent were in private institutions. Regarding teachers and professors, the number of teaching staff at the tertiary level added up to roughly 10,200 women and 26,700 men in 2020.International student mobility
Outbound students from Morocco are significantly higher in number than inbound students, leading to a negative foreign student mobility net flow of 32,000 students in 2019. As of 2020, foreign students in the country were mainly from West Africa, mostly from Mali. However, many students have come from other parts of the world to study in Morocco over the years. In addition, over 56,000 Moroccan university students studied abroad in 2019. Internationally mobile students from Morocco were mainly registered in North America and Western Europe, compared to other world regions.
