If you have tried to price a coding or robotics course in Tangier, you already know the frustrating part: almost nobody tells you. We checked nine training centres across Morocco in July 2026, reading their own websites and brochures, and exactly one of them publishes a tariff. The rest route you to a phone number or a contact form, and the price arrives later, in a WhatsApp message, once they know who is asking.
We run one of these schools, so read this survey knowing where it comes from. But every figure below is either published by the centre itself or clearly marked as quoted on request, and the arithmetic is shown so you can check it.
The prices that are actually public
| Centre | Offer | Price | Works out to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Marocain de Robotique et IA (robotique.ma), online | Robotics and coding, 4 lessons of 1.5 h per month, materials included | 500 MAD per month, or 900 MAD for two months | 75 to 83 MAD per hour |
| Mindcraft, Tangier | Robotics and coding workshops, 4 lessons of 1.5 h per month, a course runs about 3 months | 400 MAD per month, quoted on request, not published | about 67 MAD per hour |
| Codemia, Tangier (that is us) | Coding for Kids, 20 lessons, 30 hours | 1,200 MAD per term | 40 MAD per hour |
| Codemia, Tangier | First Robots, 12 lessons, 18 hours, kit included in class | 1,100 MAD per course | about 61 MAD per hour |
| ALC Tangier, for comparison (English) | General English, 30 hours | 1,400 MAD | about 47 MAD per hour |
| British Council Morocco, for comparison (English) | Adult English courses, 35 hours, classes up to 20 | from 100 MAD per hour | 100 MAD per hour |
Sources: each centre's own website or programme brochure, checked in July 2026, except the Mindcraft figure, which the school quoted directly when asked. Any of these can change, so treat them as a snapshot, not a contract.
What the market rate really is
Strip the packaging away and the pattern is consistent. Robotics for children in Morocco sells at roughly 65 to 85 MAD per hour with materials included. It costs more than pure coding because every seat consumes a kit as well as a chair. Screen-only coding courses can run cheaper: most of Codemia's own catalogue works out to about 40 MAD per hour, and our robotics courses sit at 61 to 67.
The standard rhythm across the market is 1.5 to 3 hours per week. Kids' courses almost always run in 90-minute lessons, because a young child's attention genuinely runs out after that. Robotics is usually sold by the month: 4 lessons of 1.5 hours, with a full course lasting about 3 months.
English often lives in the same building as coding in these centres, so it earns a line here: the trusted local benchmark for a 30-hour general English term is 1,400 MAD, and the premium international brand charges roughly double per hour. Our own English terms list at 1,200 MAD with a dated launch discount, priced to sit beside the coding catalogue rather than above it.
Why most centres hide the price
Partly habit, partly sales tactics: a phone call lets the centre size up the family before naming a number, and it stops competitors from undercutting a published figure. Whatever the reason, the cost lands on you, because comparing three centres means three phone calls and three sales conversations.
We publish ours, on every course page, because we think a parent should be able to compare schools at ten o'clock at night without talking to anyone. You can see the full list on our courses page.
The questions that make a hidden price comparable
When a centre will only quote by phone, the monthly figure alone tells you very little. Ask these five questions and write the answers down:
- How many hours in total? A month can mean 4 hours or 12. Divide the price by the hours before comparing anything.
- How long is one lesson? 60, 90 and 120 minutes all get called a lesson.
- How many children per group? A low price in a group of 20 is not a low price.
- Are materials and kits included? In robotics this matters more than the tuition figure.
- What happens if the group does not fill? Some courses quietly never start. Ask what the minimum is and when you get a refund.
What a fair total looks like
Using the published figures above as the yardstick: a three-month children's robotics course in Tangier, one 90-minute lesson a week with the kit provided, should land somewhere between 1,100 and 1,500 MAD in total. A 30-hour coding term should sit near 1,200 MAD. If a quote comes in far above that, ask what exactly the extra buys. If it comes in far below, ask about group size and whether the teacher stays for the whole course.
None of this tells you whether a course is any good. It only tells you whether the price is normal. For quality, ask to see the curriculum the course follows and where it is published. A named, published programme you can look up is a much stronger signal than any award or slogan, and it is free to check.