Teacher qualification entrance exam: 1,700 upper secondary places

Teacher qualification entrance exam: 1,700 upper secondary places

The Ministry of National Education, Preschool, Vocational Training and Qualification – Department of National Education is holding a recruitment competition for the teacher qualification cycle at the Regional Centres for Education and Training Professions, November 2026 session, for the grade of qualified secondary school teacher (2nd grade, scale 10). A total of 1700 positions are open, distributed by subject according to Annex 1 of the official announcement.

Specialties and post distribution

For the qualified secondary school teacher track, posts are allocated as follows: Arabic (90), French (250), English (300), Islamic education (80), history and geography (60), philosophy (450), physical education and sport (60), computer science (60), life and earth sciences (60), physics and chemistry (60), mathematics (200), and economic sciences and management (30).

Eligibility conditions

• Moroccan nationality.
• Full enjoyment of civil rights and no sentence involving deprivation of liberty.
• Physical fitness to perform the assigned duties.
• Not registered in the central disciplinary register.
• No employment relationship with another employer.
• Age not exceeding 40 on the competition date.
• Hold a licence in education or equivalent, a licence from one of the university teacher-training pathways or equivalent, or a licence, fundamental studies licence, professional licence or one of the diplomas listed under Decree No. 2.12.90. Candidates undergo screening based on their applications. Holders of a licence in education or an equivalent qualification, or a licence from a university teacher-training pathway or its equivalent, are exempt.

For the qualified secondary school track, only applications matching the field of the diploma specialty are accepted. Any application not matching the diploma specialty is cancelled, except for physical education and sport, where all specialties are accepted and candidates sit a practical test measuring sporting performance immediately after the written exams.

Application documents

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

Applications are submitted online through the dedicated platform by scanning documents as PDF files, from 5 November 2026 until 19 November 2026 at 16:30.

Exams and key dates

Written exams take place on 28 November 2026 and include: a subject specialty exam (4 hours, coefficient 20), a didactics exam (2 hours, coefficient 12), and an education sciences exam (2 hours, coefficient 8). For physical education and sport, a practical test is held between 1 and 4 December 2026; any score below 10/20 is eliminatory, and practical tests count for 50% of the oral exam coefficient.

Candidates admitted to the oral exams are those declared successful in the written exams without an eliminatory score below 5/20 in any written component. Oral exams run from 14 to 23 December 2026 and consist of a professional interview and the preparation and presentation of a lesson segment (2 hours preparation, 20 minutes presentation, 30 minutes discussion, coefficient 20).

Timeline

• Applications: 5 to 19 November 2026 (until 16:30).
• File review: 5 to 20 November 2026.
• Preselection: 23 and 24 November 2026.
• Publication of admitted candidates for written exams: 24 November 2026.
• Appeals: 25 and 26 November 2026.
• Written exams: 28 November 2026.
• Written exam results: 9 December 2026.
• Oral exams: 14 to 23 December 2026.
• Final results: from 29 December 2026.
• Registration at regional centres: 31 December 2026 to 2 January 2027.
• Training start: 4 January 2027.

Training and recruitment

Successful candidates complete initial qualifying training at the Regional Centres for Education and Training Professions, ending with a graduation exam. They are then recruited and appointed, as applicable, to the first grade of the second step of the qualified secondary school teacher framework as trainees. A 25% quota of posts is reserved for resistance members, wards of the nation, former combatants or military personnel, and 7% for candidates with disabilities who meet the application conditions.

Candidates should consult the official announcement and its annexes to verify all conditions, the distribution by regional academy and the required documents. The indicative salary of 6500 to 9000 MAD per month is an editorial estimate, not an official figure, and varies by corps, allowances and personal circumstances.