HIBAPRESS-RABAT
The school enrollment rate for children aged 4 to 5 in Morocco rose to 78.7% for the 2023-2024 school year, with 951,596 preschool children, an increase of 2.2%, according to the Ministry of National Education, Preschool and Sports.
The ministry delivers its report for the 2023/2024 school year and according to the statistics and education indicators provided by the ministry, student enrollment is increasing. Thus, the total number of students in public and private schools for the 3 cycles (primary, college and qualifying) reached 8,003,806 in 2023/2024 compared to 7,931,841 in 2022/2023.
In public education, the total number of students at the 3-cycle level stands at 7,392,050, an increase of 1.1% compared to the 2022/2023 school year. Girls represent 48.9% of the total number of students. It should be noted that the largest increase was recorded in the secondary college cycle where the number of students reached 1,918,691, an increase of 4.25% compared to the previous school year.
Regarding preschool education, the total number of students stands at 951,596 in 2023-2024 compared to 931,393 during the previous season, which represents an increase of 2.2%.
In detail, the number of students in public preschool reached 611,752 and 214,669 in private preschool. The enrollment rate of children aged 4 to 5 is 78.7%. In rural areas, the number of students in preschool reached 404,424. The total number of preschool establishments is 30,948 compared to 28,818 in 2022-2023. The Ministry
