Fix the AI GAP

Morocco

COUNCIL OF EUROPE
21%
6/28
AI Gap Index
4/10
Schools
0/8
Workforce
1/6
Governance
1/4
Access
Schools 4/10
D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 1 DigiSchool 2025 and national AI training programme for children exist but cover only 248 schools and limited cohorts; not a universal curriculum mandate. [1]
D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 0 No binding law mandates AI curriculum in all schools. [1]
D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 1 Children's AI training programme explicitly includes ethical and safe technology use. [1]
D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 1 Train-the-trainer model in place: 65 youth centre staff trained at UM6P to deliver national programme; limited in scale relative to national teaching workforce. [1]
D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 1 Maroc Digital 2030 has an 11 billion dirham commitment for 2024-2026, some of which funds digital education. [1]
Workforce 0/8
D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 0 No law requires employers to train all employees in AI. [1]
D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0 No employer ethics training mandate. [1]
D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0 No pre-redundancy training obligation. [1]
D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 0 No legal rights for workers in AI-driven employment decisions. [1]
Civil Service & Governance 1/6
D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 1 Maroc IA 2030 (January 2026): General Directorate for AI and Emerging Technologies established to steer public policy; advisory/coordination mandate — enforcement powers not yet confirmed in available sources. [1]
D11 Minimum training standard is defined 0 No civil servant AI training standard. [1]
D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0 No training-specific enforcement mechanism. [1]
Public Access 1/4
D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 1 DigiSchool and national children's programme provide some public AI literacy access; limited geographic reach due to rural infrastructure gaps. [1]
D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0 Rural infrastructure gaps explicitly acknowledged; uneven connectivity is a documented barrier to implementation. [1]
Sources
  1. 1. Education morocco digiSchool children ai programme 2026-03-20
  2. 2. Policy morocco maroc ia 2030 national ai strategy 2026-05-04
  3. 3. Sentiment morocco ai job displacement 1 3 million 2026-05-04
Index history
May 4, 2026 6/28 Maroc IA 2030 launch (January 2026): General Directorate for AI and Emerging Technologies established (dim 10: 0→1); AI displacement risk study (1.3M jobs) filed as sentiment.
March 20, 2026 5/28 Initial scoring: Maroc Digital 2030 funds targeted school AI programmes with ethics component and train-the-trainer model; no binding mandate or AI governance body.

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