Some 66 legal cases involving education professionals, some of which concern offenses or crimes occurring in educational establishments, were recorded in the latest report from the Moroccan University Solidarity Organization (SUM). another major challenge facing the education sector.
Far from being a simplistic relationship, between students and teachers, more or less complex links. In some cases, these exchanges, supposed to be limited to a specific framework, get out of hand and create additional problems in a sector suffering from several shortcomings. The SUM organization revealed the registration of 66 legal cases involving education professionals, some of which concern misdemeanors or crimes occurring in educational establishments.
These cases include both those brought against members of the teaching profession and those filed by the supervisory ministry against perpetrators of attacks, according to data published in the solidarity guide for the year 2024/2025.
According to the said document, these 66 cases are distributed between urban (46 cases) and rural (6 cases) areas. Accusations of defamation, insults, threats and harassment come first with 22 cases, or 42.30% of the total, followed by 8 cases relating to defamation on social networks (15.38%), 6 cases of attacks on minors (11.53%), 3 cases relating to contesting salary deduction decisions (5.76%), and 2 cases of sexual harassment (3.84%).
Each concerning a single case, the other cases include accusations of slanderous denunciation, sexual assault on a minor with violence, request for compensation following an administrative transfer, contestation of suspension decisions, refusal to participate in a movement of transfer, as well as a school incident and a case of dismissal.
As for the professional categories targeted, they concern primary school teachers leading the way with 23 cases, or 44.23% of the total, followed by primary school directors with 11 cases (21.15%), secondary school teachers with 11 business (11.53%), upper secondary teachers with 5 cases (9.61%), college directors with 4 cases (7.69%), and finally high school directors with 2 business (3.84%).
The solidarity guide also specifies that 31 cases, or 59.61%, were brought against parents of students, followed by 8 cases involving third parties outside the establishment, 7 cases against the administration, and finally 3 cases involving involving students, electronic media or social networks.
