The Amazigh Teachers’ Association of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region Denounces Arbitrary Assignments
The Regional Association of Amazigh Language Teachers in the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region expressed concern over what it described as unlawful assignments affecting teachers of the subject within the Fahs-Anjra Provincial Directorate. In a protest statement issued on February 27, 2026, the association’s executive office explained that, several weeks after the start of the second semester, the directorate reassigned two teachers to institutions other than their original schools, despite the continued presence of students studying the subject in those institutions. The association considered this decision a blow to the professional and pedagogical stability of teaching staff.
The association argued that this measure, which the directorate justified by referring to Ministerial Memorandum No. 028/23 concerning the gradual generalization of Amazigh, lacks sound legal and pedagogical grounds. The statement emphasized that transferring teachers while leaving their original classes unattended negatively affects the normal course of study and undermines learners’ right to fair and regular access to Amazigh language instruction. It warned of the consequences of such actions on the quality of learning and academic achievement.
In analyzing the motivations behind the decision, the association accused the Fahs-Anjra Directorate, and by extension the Ministry of National Education, of attempting to manipulate figures and indicators related to the rate of Amazigh language generalization. The statement indicated that the ministry allegedly follows a strategy aimed at artificially increasing the percentage of institutions formally counted as having implemented generalization by assigning a single teacher to an entire institution for statistical purposes, rather than calculating the rate based on the actual number of students studying the subject. According to the association, this constitutes a maneuver to conceal the low real rates of implementation on the ground.
The association concluded its joint statement, signed by its branches in Al Hoceima and Larache, by reaffirming its categorical rejection of these assignments and demanding their immediate reversal. It also held the ministry responsible for violating Organic Law No. 26.16 and called for the creation of sufficient budgeted positions to ensure genuine and effective generalization of Amazigh at all levels of education, putting an end to what it described as procrastination and improvised management of this strategic issue.
