to show the Government's commitment to train future citizens so that they are
innovative and contribute to the socio-economic development.
For information, below are some indicators:
- A marked improvement in enrolment of children of school age. It increased from
90.7% in 2000 to 97% in 2013
-The trend of the exam pass rate (72.1% for the O Level and 58.84% for the
Baccalaureate in 2012).
-The Number of graduates of higher education is increasing. It increased from 91 828
to 246 743 graduates between 2004 and 2012.
266.Financial assistance from the State: Scholarships are awarded to high school
students at the rate of 1296.00 AD per student staying in boarding house and 648.00
AD per student attending boarding school. In 2008, the amount of funds earmarked
for these grants totalled more than 400 million dinars.
267.In addition, as part of national solidarity, the state pays tuition allowance of 2,000
dinars for any student whose parents have an income at or below the minimum wage,
or 18 000 AD / month which is a total of 6 billion dinars since 2005. The amount of
this allowance has increased to 3,000.00 AD per student 2008. Moreover, children in
need, orphans, those from disabled or unemployed parents and those from families of
terrorism victims are entitled to free textbooks and school supplies. In 2008, more
than 1,500,000 children were granted this allowance.
268.Under the fundamental principles of the Constitution based on nondiscrimination, and in the context of respect of equal opportunity for all Algerian
children, the state has implemented a solidarity programme of education for the
benefit of school children from poor families and / or residing in remote areas. This
programme focuses on the fight against the possible social inequalities that threaten
access to education and leisure of children from disadvantaged groups. The school
solidarity operations implemented, fall under the guidelines of the President of the
Republic that result in:
a. The granting of premium tuition to 3000 000 children a year: For the period 20002008, the amount of 46.4 billion DA was spent for the benefit of 23.2 million
schoolchildren;
b. The provision of school kits: for the period 2000-2008, 2,544,354 school kits were
distributed totalling 1.971.396.451DA, and more than 10,000 school kits have been
granted to children of Algerian families established abroad;
c. The provision of books and textbooks: the purchase of textbooks for pupils from
poor families deprived of exams classes enabled in 2008, the distribution of a batch of
20,000 books with a value of 24,000 .000,00 AD, in addition to books awarded to
school children in special schools for $ 4,900,000 AD;
d. Equipment and provision of school canteens: this operation consists in the purchase
and installation of complete sets of school canteens (kitchenware, refrigerator, kitchen
utensils, cutlery, tables and chairs) for the benefit of the most isolated schools in
disadvantaged communities. The cost of the operation is in the range of 152 million
AD;
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