• Program covers 200 trades; apprentices receive annual stipends

• Aims to reduce youth unemployment and boost job market skills
  

Morocco launched, Oct. 27, Tadaroj, an initiative aimed at training 100,000 apprentices a year in multiple sectors by 2026.

Training will focus on crafts, agriculture, fisheries, tourism, industry, and services. The launch ceremony in Rabat included the signing of the first implementation agreement with a network of apprenticeship training centers. Twelve regional chambers of traditional trades and four vocational training associations are taking part in this initial phase.

Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills Younes Sekkouri said the program covers about 200 trades, including 80 related to artisanal crafts.

To encourage participation, each apprentice will receive an annual allowance of 5,000 dirhams (about $542), while trainer pay will rise to 300 dirhams per apprentice.

Lahcen Essaadi, Secretary of State for Traditional Crafts and the Social and Solidarity Economy, said the apprenticeship period will last 11 months, combining on-the-job training and classroom instruction to align with labor market needs.

The training network currently includes 67 centers and more than 100 satellite branches, already hosting around 30,000 trainees for the 2025–2026 academic year.

The launch comes as Morocco’s job market struggles to absorb growing numbers of young workers. According to the High Commission for Planning (HCP), the unemployment rate stood at 12.8% in the second quarter of 2025, and three-quarters of job seekers have no professional qualifications.

Félicien Houindo Lokossou