Along the way, IQRAA received several awards: at national, regional and international levels. These include the International Literacy Prize from UNESCO in 1997, the Arab ALECSO Prize in 1998, the Arab Literacy Prize of ISSISCO in 2000 and the Roby Kidd Award in 1994 awarded by the International Council of Adult Education. IQRAA is: Member of several Networks and International Boards. It chairs the Arab NGO Network, Vice President of the International Council of Adult Education, a founding member of ECOSOC Africa, has been granted observer status with ECOSOC / UN in 1998. During its most recent activity, on the Youm el Ilm day, IQRAA with partners NEDJMA and APC of Temacine (wilaya of Ouargla) inaugurated a new neighbourhood centre for women and girls of that community where several trades are taught, from carpet weaving to computer skills as well as sewing and local embroidery. Many challenges still lie ahead such as reducing the rate of illiteracy and bring it to 11%. 260.Education, including vocational training and guidance: Since 2005, the Algerian government has launched a reform of its education system. This reform aims to build a modern and republican school for providing their children with quality education and training for the citizens of tomorrow. This is a profound and radical reform involving the improvement of the level of staff qualifications, a complete overhaul of programmes and textbooks, a new organization system, a new functioning of the facilities and new roles for different stakeholders (teachers, students, parents). 261.The new law on National Education was promulgated on 23 January 2008, to meet the new aspirations of the Algerian school. It guarantees the right to education for all Algerian females and Algerian males without any discrimination based on sex, social or geographical origin. 262.This legislation governing education is consistent with the provisions of article 11 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child as it guarantees free education in all schools under the Ministry of Education, as well as equal opportunities for schooling conditions, success and continuation of post-compulsory education for students including those with special needs. 263.In order to implement these provisions, significant efforts are being made each year by the Algerian government in the education sector. Indeed, the budget for this sector is on the increase since 1963. It was 124 billion AD in 1997/1998 and increased to 260 billion dinars in 2004/2005 and reached more than 280 billion dinars in 2008/2009, which represents a rate of more than 20% of the overall state budget. 264.Thus, Algeria has not only caught up with its historical delays in school enrolment, but it has also been able to meet the high demand for education, which has become more prominent. These efforts have enabled Algeria to reach before the deadline, the second Millennium Development Goal on education for all. 265.Thus, the overall number of students has been multiplied by 10 since 1962, now reaching 7.5 million students. Mindful of the "development" part, the civil society states that in addition to the investments made by the state under the five-year programme for 2010-2014, 40% of the budget goes to human development, efforts are being made in terms of education, 50