Morocco Expands Social Aid Program to Support Low-Income Families for School Year

On Wednesday, the Council of Government, during its weekly meeting held in Rabat, adopted draft decree No. 2.24.706, which supplements decree No. 2.23.1067 of 17 Jumada I 1445 on the application of Law No. 58.23 relating to the direct social assistance scheme. Presented by the Delegate Minister to the Minister of Economy and Finance, in charge of the Budget, Fouzi Lekjaa, this project aims to strengthen support for the most disadvantaged families.

This project is part of the pioneering Royal Initiative "One Million Schoolbags", which consists of paying an additional allowance to families benefiting from the direct social assistance scheme, for each new school year, which will reduce the burdens and costs of the most disadvantaged families, indicates a press release from the Delegate Ministry in charge of Relations with Parliament, government spokesperson.

The amounts allocated to families as part of this support concern children enrolled in primary, secondary college and secondary vocational education, in public schools. Limited to six children per family, these allowances will be paid once a year in September: 200 dirhams for each child in primary or secondary college, and 300 dirhams for each child in secondary vocational education.