Morocco Proposes Stricter Penalties for Private Schools Selling Textbooks Illegally

This practice, although recurrent, is prohibited by law No. 06-00, forming the status of private school education. It condemns any offender to the payment of a fine ranging from 10,000 to 50,000 dirhams, indicates Al Massae.

With this new bill, the fine goes from 20,000 to 100,000 DH in case of recidivism. In addition to this fine, the perpetrator of the offense is prohibited from creating or managing a school for a period of 2 to 10 years.

This phenomenon has taken on a larger scale within these schools in recent years, notes the same source. Generally, the heads of these establishments signed an exclusive contract with a single bookstore and directed the parents of students towards the latter. Driven by the greed for profits, these establishments cling to the sale of these textbooks. They thus harm many booksellers and school supplies merchants, subject to taxes.