Moroccan government is planning to privatize health services and education

The BBC reports that a Moroccan politician has warned that the government is planning to privatise health services and education. “Hamid Chabat, secretary general of the Istiqlal party, has accused the Benkirane government of moving towards the privatisation of social sectors, starting with education and health care. He stressed that "instead of finding solutions to existing problems, ministers have opened doors widely to the private sector to make people pay for the education of their children and for health care.” [BBC Monitoring Middle East, 4 April 2016, citing Moroccan privately-owned newspaper Assabah website on 4 April; NGO Report]