Rabat, July 13 -- One major reason why Morocco's economy is struggling has to do with the gaping, worrying gulf between employment prospects, and the number of graduates that Moroccan universities and vocational schools produce yearly, according to statistics from Morocco's High Commission for Planning (HCP).

HCP's assessment is also emphatic about the equally deepening disconnect between big, lofty government promises and the much more gloomy reality of Morocco's employment market.

Starting in 2017, Moroccan education institutions have produced over 290,000 graduates. By contrast, less than a quarter of those fresh, opportunity-hungry graduates have been absorbed into the formal labor sector. Specifically, Morocco's labor market has on...