Rabat, March 4 -- Contractual teachers began a "six-day regional sit-in" across the country accompanied by a "national strike" on Monday.

The National Federation of Teachers (UMNT) expressed its solidarity with the teachers and denounced what they called "retaliatory actions against teachers who were forced to sign contracts."

The UNMT called on the government and the Ministry of Education to provide fair and urgent solutions for contractual teachers to end growing tensions in the sector.

The federation has further called on all UNMT teachers to support the sit-ins. It also reiterated its condemnation of "the contractual employment, confronting protests with reprisals, and intimidation policy."

UNMT is accusing the government of "disc...