The Independent Union of Nurses and Health Technicians has sent an open letter to Morocco’s minister of higher education, rejecting university fees and academic restrictions it says are making it harder for healthcare workers to pursue further studies.
In the Aug. 31 letter, the union said Law No. 59.24 undermines free higher education by introducing fees and conditions that could restrict nurses and health technicians from pursuing advanced academic degrees, particularly master’s and doctoral programs.
The union said healthcare workers already face demanding working conditions, including night shifts, continuous duties and psychological pressure, while also balancing professional and family responsibilities.
“The union considers university fees imposed on employees pursuing higher studies a serious government attack on the constitutional right to free education,” Ahmed Chenaoui, national secretary of the Independent Union of Administrative and Technical Health and Social Protection Staff, told Hespress English.
Chenaoui described the policy as an explicit commercialization of higher education and called for it to be reversed quickly and permanently.
The union said the law places what it described as “heavy financial burdens” on healthcare workers instead of providing administrative measures, incentives and financial support to facilitate academic leave for employees pursuing studies on a part-time or full-time basis.
It warned that the costs could discourage nurses and health technicians from continuing their education and restrict their access to scientific research and professional development.
The union called for restrictions on healthcare workers pursuing higher education to be removed and reaffirmed its support for public higher education and nurses’ and health technicians’ right to academic and professional advancement.
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