e. Granting of school bus transportation for isolated communities: for the period 19992008, the state has made available 3,656 school buses for the isolated communities. The overall cost of the operation is 8.198.900.000,00AD; f. Tutoring: 7,000 young university graduates will be recruited during 2008, as part of the scheme for the Integration Alumni Programme (PID) to support and assist students in the South and Central Highlands; g. Organizing school holidays: The summer camps operation is organized every year in favour of children from poor families, families victims of the national tragedy, from the Deep South and disabled children. 269.Expansion of the benefit of school canteens: The network of school canteens across the country has expanded significantly in recent years. Their number increased from 4,585 in 1999-2000 to 11,802 in 2007-2008. For the year 2008/2009, 1500 new canteens are planned and the necessary funds are provided in the 2009 budget. To this school canteens expansion programme must be added that of improving the quality of meals. Indeed, the price of the food basket increased from 12.00 AD in the southern regions and 10.00 AD, for those in the North in 2001, reaching, respectively, 35.00 AD and 30.00 AD in 2008. Budget allocations for school lunches increased from 5 billion AD in 1963 to nearly 12 billion dinars in 2008. The cost of the meal has also evolved with the changes in the purchasing power of citizens. From 1963 to 1991, a single price of the meal was set for all school canteens in the country. 270.Boarding houses: In primary education, there are 44 boarding houses for 4136 users, against only 2,021 users in 1999-2000. They were created for children (boys and girls) in the most remote areas and particularly the children of nomads. It should be noted that the construction of facilities in very remote areas helped bring the population closer to the school, hence the need for boarding schools has become less and less important. The civil society notes with satisfaction the existence of boarding schools in the most remote areas, and would like to introduce the system of half board in big cities. 271.Strengthening School Transportation: School transportation for children in isolated areas, or whose institutions are located far from residential areas, constitutes another facet of the measures initiated by the state to encourage regular school attendance. As such, for the period 1999-2008, the state has made available 3,656 school bus transportation for isolated communities and for students of the three levels of education. 272.The councils spend annually in their budgets .441 3 477 377.34 AD for school transportation and 7 274 848 .100 21 AD for school canteens. 273.School Health: School health is no exception; insofar 1228 units of screening and monitoring (UDS) are functional annually to support the health of 78 students. The school health operations are supervised by 1,115 doctors, 694 dentists, 205 psychologists and 1,470 paramedics. In addition, staff of screening and monitoring units (UDS) are required to conduct periodic routine medical visits to classrooms in geographic areas that cover their units and keep a medical file for each student. 274.Cultural and sporting activities: As part of its educational mission, the Algerian school ensures the development of cultural and sporting activities, both in its educational programmes where physical education and art education (drawing, music) are included as a separate discipline, and through the activities of schools programs (sports, music, singing, dancing, drawing, theatre, ... etc.) as well as science and 52