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About the competition

The Ministry of National Education, Preschool, Vocational Training and Qualification is organising entrance competitions for the teacher qualification cycle at the Regional Centres for Education and Training Professions, November 2026 session. This notice covers the middle school teacher qualification track, grade of professor of lower secondary education, 2nd grade, scale 10, with a total of 8,360 places distributed by specialty. The competition code is C 44432/26, and the written tests take place on Saturday 28 November 2026.

Salary: from 6500 to 9000 MAD per month.

Tracks and specialties

Candidates submit only one application: either the primary teacher qualification track, the middle school track or the upper secondary track. Holders of a licence in mathematics or in French are exempt from this limit: their applications are accepted for both the middle school and upper secondary tracks in the requested specialty.

For the middle school track, only applications whose diploma matches the specialty field are accepted, with exceptions:

• Physical education and sport: all specialties are accepted, with a practical test of sporting performance right after the written tests.
• French: accepted diplomas include French language and literature, communication in French, economics and management, law in French, and scientific and technical fields.
• Mathematics: accepted diplomas include mathematics, computer science and physics, plus other scientific and technical licences provided the candidate passed the written tests of the national common competition (CNC) for engineering schools and equivalent institutions.

Eligibility conditions

• Moroccan nationality;
• Enjoyment of civil rights and no sentence to a custodial penalty;
• Physical ability to perform the duties;
• Not registered in the central disciplinary register;
• No employment relationship with another employer;
• Age not exceeding forty (40) years on the competition date;
• Holding the required diplomas.

Accepted diplomas

• Licence in education or equivalent;
• Licence in one of the university education tracks or equivalent;
• Licence, licence in fundamental studies, professional licence or equivalent, or one of the diplomas listed under Decree No. 2.12.90, after a preselection based on application files.

Preselection

Applications undergo preselection by the competition committees. Holders of a licence in education or equivalent, and holders of a licence in one of the university education tracks or equivalent, are exempt from preselection.

Application file

• Application receipt generated on the electronic platform;
• Copy of the required diploma or equivalence certificate with the equivalence decision published in the Official Bulletin for foreign diplomas, including the grade obtained;
• Copy of the transcript for the required licence or university diploma;
• Copy of the baccalaureate and its transcript;
• Copy of the national identity card;
• Authorisation to participate for civil servants, issued by the competent services.

Documents are scanned and uploaded in PDF on the dedicated platform.

How to apply and deadlines

Applications are submitted on wolouj.men.gov.ma from 5 November 2026 until 19 November 2026 at 16:30, the final deadline for submission and validation. Candidates choose the regional academy where they wish to sit the tests, noting that this request depends on each academy’s capacity and tests may be held in another academy. They also rank the regional centres where they wish to train if finally selected.

Files are reviewed and checked from 5 to 20 November 2026, preselection takes place on 23 and 24 November 2026, lists of candidates admitted to the written tests are published from 24 November 2026, and appeals are open on 25 and 26 November 2026. Publication of the lists serves as official invitation; text messages may also be used.

Tests

Written tests

• Specialty subject test: four hours, coefficient 20;
• Specialty didactics test: two hours, coefficient 12;
• Education sciences test: two hours, coefficient 8.

Written tests take place on 28 November 2026 and results are announced on 9 December 2026. The practical physical education and sport test runs from 1 to 4 December 2026; any score below 10 out of 20 is eliminatory, and it counts for 50% of the oral tests coefficient.

Oral tests

Candidates admitted to the orals are those declared successful in the written tests without an eliminatory score below 5 out of 20 in any component. The oral consists of a professional interview and the preparation and presentation of a lesson segment: two hours’ preparation, 20-minute presentation, 30-minute discussion, coefficient 20. It takes place from 14 to 23 December 2026.

Results and training

Final and waiting lists are drawn up by merit within the number of places, among candidates without a score below 5 out of 20 in the orals; final results are announced from 29 December 2026. Successful candidates are assigned to training centres according to the training map, merit and the order of their preferences.

Registration at regional centres runs from 31 December 2026 to 2 January 2027, and training starts on 4 January 2027. Candidates who fail to attend without an accepted reason are replaced by 5 January 2027, and waiting-list candidates register on 7 and 8 January 2027. Holders of the pedagogical qualification certificate are appointed at the first step of the second grade of the middle school teacher framework as trainees, as applicable.

Place quotas

25% of places are reserved for resistance members, wards of the nation, former combatants or military personnel, and 7% for candidates with disabilities, subject to meeting the application conditions. Finally selected candidates must complete their files, including the original diploma, before starting training.