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In Algeria, the education is free and constitutes a constitutional right. It is even obligatory and guaranteed for children inbetween 6 and 15 years old.. The Algerian State considers it as a priority, for which it allows each year, 20% of its budget and 6.4% of its GDP.
The number of children attending school represents 98% of the population, with a percentage of children in full-time education higher than 85% for children from 6 to 14 years old.
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The country which counted just 3000 students just after its independence, records today:
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- literacy rate of 78% for men and 61% for women,
- registration rate of 75% each year of population being old enough for training,
- almost 7 000 000 registered at the college per year,
- an average annual rate of success to the baccalauréat (college Diploma) of 40%,
- almost 300 000 new registered at higher education,
- almost 900 000 registered at the university, per year,
- almost 500 000 registered in professional training,
- more than 130 000 graduates per year,
- almost 80 000 graduates from professional training per year,
- 60 universities (the first one is l’Université d’Alger” established in 1879), including 17 multidisciplinary located trough out 41 wilaya and structured into faculties and institutes to take in charge pedagogical, scientific and research activities. The Universities are structured into 136 faculties and 90 institutes, university while centres are into 70 institutes, that’s to say a total of 215,
- 658 establishments of professional training,
- 18 research establishments,
- 639 research laboratories,
- 30 510 permanent teachers.
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Education and professional training cover almost all the classic fields but also fields in relation with the world of work and company such as finances, trade, management, marketing and human resources.
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