The King of Morocco pays for Arabic lessons during school hours in Catalan schools.
Four Catalan schools now offer Arabic and Moroccan culture during school hours. 118 do so outside school hours.
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The Arabic Language and Moroccan Culture Programme (PLACM) is offered in a total of 122 educational centres in Catalonia during the 2024–2025 academic year. Of these, four schools provide it within the school timetable, while the remaining 118 schools offer it outside school hours.
This information has been extracted from the Parliamentary response to a request for information from the Vox parliamentary group in Catalonia and which has been disseminated The Reason. The same political party has called for the suspension of the programme because «puts national culture at risk» and favours «the segregation of pupils of Moroccan origin».
Morocco's tool to «safeguard identity»
One of the objectives of the Moroccan king's foundation is «To provide Moroccan students with an education that enables them to safeguard their identity and live their culture.«This includes learning or maintaining knowledge of the Arabic language and familiarising oneself with aspects of Moroccan culture, such as traditions, history, festivals, customs or religion.
In its resolution, Vox calls on the Government to abolish the PLACM with the aim of “to guarantee social cohesion and our cultural identity”. He adds that, in addition, It is against the integration of students from Morocco..
The King of Morocco pays the teachers and has control over them.
Arabic and Moroccan culture classes They are taught by teachers sent by the Moroccan Ministry of National Education., specifically intended for Catalonia. The selection of this personnel is carried out from Morocco through the Hassan II Foundation. This entity also covers the payment of the teaching staff's salaries.
Precisely, Vox has also argued that the lack of oversight of teachers is also a reason to suspend the programme. It has illustrated this with the case of’Ayman Adlbi, former president of the Islamic Commission of Spain, currently under investigation for possible links to terrorism. The party believes that cases like this cast doubt on the reliability and rigour of teacher selection processes.
The Programme for the Teaching of the Arabic Language and Moroccan Culture (PLACM) is part of the bilateral cooperation framework between the governments of Spain and Morocco signed by Pedro Sánchez. The Spanish Government recommends to the autonomous communities a minimum of 10 teaching hours per week for this assignment. In addition, it is compulsory. include the students' assessment results in the report cards.
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