251.Moreover, the family benefits are paid for the dependent children of the employee
or former retired employee (up to seventeen or twenty-one years in the case of further
studies) with funding provided by the State as well as by the actions organized by the
private insurance company and company welfare facilities.
252.The annual school allowance is paid as a lump sum for each of the schoolchildren
aged 6 to 21 years, if the beneficiary does not have a monthly income above the
income set by the state
k) Education (article 11 of the ACRWC)
253.The objectives education: The objectives of education: Act No. 08-04 of 23
January 2008 pertaining to guidance on the National Education states in its chapter on
the aims of education (Article 02), that the Act was intended to lay the foundations for
the establishment of a society committed to peace and democracy and open to
universality, progress and modernity. Similarly, it emphasizes that students should
take ownership of the values of knowledge, work, solidarity, respect for others and
tolerance, and by promoting the positive values and attitudes especially with regard to
the principles of human rights, equality and social justice.
254.Moreover, the Algerian education system aims to train tomorrow's citizens and
guarantees, as such, a citizenship education, instils in the child the national and
universal values, through the various disciplines taught (history, education civic and
religious education) in order for him/her to acquire a healthy behaviour, positive
attitudes and a "know how to be" from the first cycle of basic education.
255.As part of the educational system reform, new elements have been incorporated
in the programme, namely: Human Rights Education (CRC, ACRWC, IHL, etc.),
health education, global education and environmental education. The principles taught
are related to the universal values of peace, tolerance, respect for others, self-help and
solidarity.
256.In this context, textbooks are subject to prior systematic and rigorous evaluation.
Their dissemination in schools is conditioned by an approval issued by a commission
of experts. It is important to note that textbooks were denied approval simply because
they contained images that referred to discriminatory stereotypes, in spite of their
good quality pedagogically.
257.Connecting schools to the Internet: the operation is part of a national strategy for
expanding the use of information technology and communication across all schools.
ICT in education allows access to knowledge through a virtual world adapted to the
intangible nature of information, to adapt teaching to student needs and eliminate the
constraints of time and money associated with physical mobility.
258.Students and teachers will benefit, under this operation of training courses on the
use of ICT.
259.As part of this operation, 10,000 institutions were connected to the Internet.
For its part, civil society confirms the significant progress made to ensure girls their
right to education. In recent years, nearly two-thirds of high school graduates were
girls. The net enrolment rate between 2005 and 2009 were 94% for girls and 96% for
boys in primary school, and 86% for girls and 80% of boys in high school.
It states that Act No. 08-04 of 15 Muharram 1429 (equivalent to 23 January 2008) is
based on the principle of non-discrimination between children access to education.
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