{"id":13447,"date":"2025-10-20T07:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T05:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/morocco-to-boost-health-education-spending-to-15bn-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:24","slug":"morocco-to-boost-health-education-spending-to-15bn-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/morocco-to-boost-health-education-spending-to-15bn-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco to boost health, education spending to $15bn in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Morocco&#8217;s 2026 budget will allocate 140 billion Dirhams ($15 billion) to health and education, up 16% from 2024, the royal palace said in a statement on Sunday.<\/div>\n<div>\nImproving health and education services was a key demand by youth protesters who demonstrated across Morocco in recent weeks. The proposed spending on the two sectors would roughly equal 10% of Morocco&#8217;s Gross Domestic Product. Morocco&#8217;s economy will grow 4.8% this year, up from 3.8% in 2024, thanks to domestic demand and the performance of the non-farming sector, the royal palace said in a statement, following a ministerial council chaired by King Mohammed VI.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The 2026 draft budget, which also allocates more funds to reduce regional inequalities, will be discussed in detail after the finance minister presents it to parliament next week.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Separately, the council adopted two draft laws ahead of the next general elections, including measures to promote women and youth participation and to prevent corruption\u00a0like barring candidates who are convicted of a crime or violation from running.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Under the proposals, candidates under 35 years old would face simplified candidacy rules and receive financial support covering 75% of their campaign costs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13326,"template":"default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,20],"class_list":["post-13447","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The 2026 draft budget, which also allocates more funds to reduce regional inequalities, will be discussed in detail after the finance minister presents it to parliament next week.||The 2026 draft budget, which also allocates more funds to reduce regional inequalities, will be discussed in detail after the finance minister presents it to parliament next week.","published_date":null,"news_description":"","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18565,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/13447\/revisions\/18565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=13447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}