Morocco Loses 600 Engineers Annually in Growing Brain Drain Crisis

More than 600 engineers in search of a better life leave Morocco annually. They are now found all over the world, holding good positions with better working and living conditions, and good prospects for their children. According to Hamida Benlemlih, Moroccan skills are in high demand abroad. And this further motivates the phenomenon, reports the daily Les Inspirations Eco.

"Many foreign companies are on the lookout for the profiles that abound in Morocco thanks to the quality of the training that has seen a remarkable leap in recent years," writes the analyst. She points out that these are "Big Data engineers, web engineers, system architects or even consulting engineers who are intercepted, as soon as their academic career is completed".

But for her, Morocco is losing skills that could have been useful to it, especially with "the rise of national operators" in advanced technological fields. In addition, Morocco aims to become a technologically advanced country and struggles to find these rare birds. "Hence a precious time lost in recruiting, then training valuable profiles who will go to make the happiness of foreign competitors. The exodus of these engineers also represents a heavy financial burden for the State," writes Hamida Benlemlih.

The training of an engineer costs Morocco about 2.5 million dirhams. And yet, some choose to go to other horizons to monetize their know-how. It is up to the Moroccan authorities to find the means and strategies to retain these skills in Morocco in order to encourage them to contribute to national development.