However, the interest in learning the craft is dropping. As of 2018, at an artisan school in Fez with 400 enrolled students only 7 students learn how to make zellīj.
Despite growing interest in learning the trade, the number of people seeking to acquire this skill has decreased. In 2018, a vocational school in Fez had 400 students enrolled, but only 7 were actively learning how to make zellīj.