Morocco has granted Chad 250 scholarships for the 2026-2027 academic year, split between 200 university/technical and 50 vocational training places, according to reporting from Alwihda Info and Tchadinfos published on 3 October. A first wave of 103 students is departing for Moroccan universities and grandes écoles, with fields including engineering, computer science, health sciences and social sciences cited by Chadian outlets.
The program is run jointly by Chad's Centre National des Œuvres Universitaires and Morocco's Agence Marocaine de Coopération Internationale, under a newly formed bilateral inter-state committee meant to improve execution—mirroring a similar structure Morocco uses with Niger. The quota rose from a prior baseline of 150 annual scholarships, a change first implemented for the 2025-2026 academic year, meaning this cohort continues rather than newly initiates the increase, though some October 2026 coverage framed the full 250 figure as freshly granted.
Chad's allocation sits within a wider regional pattern: Niger received 200 scholarships for 2025-2026 under a program running since 1990 that has trained over 2,000 Nigerien students, while Mali's total is reported at roughly 300 beneficiaries. No source directly ties the Chad program to Morocco's Western Sahara sovereignty campaign or any quid pro quo; any such connection remains inferential. Official Moroccan government confirmation beyond embassy- and CNOU-sourced figures has not yet emerged, and it remains to be seen whether the inter-state committee structure will expand to other Sahel partners.