A manual priced at 4.05 DH, unobtainable in bookstores and sometimes resold for more than 200 DH: the scene left an impression on many parents at the start of the 2025-2026 school year. But behind this anomaly lies a much broader upheaval. For more than 20 years, school books have supported an ecosystem of publishers, authors, printers and distributors. Pioneering schools are now reshuffling the cards, with a ministry taking control, prices falling sharply and operators forced to review their model. For several weeks, Médias24 interviewed professionals in the sector and reconstructed the effects of this reform on a market worth several hundred million dirhams. Here is what our investigation reveals. The post INVESTIGATION. School textbooks: behind book shortages, the end of a 20-year-old model appeared first on Médias24 - Number one in Moroccan economic information.