Higher education: work for the development of the university map in the medium and long term

The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Abdelbaki Benziane said, Thursday in Algiers, that the sector was working to establish a vision for the development of the university map in the medium and long term through the realization of university poles ” excellence”, improving profitability and optimizing resources.

Responding to a question from the deputy, Ahmed Bouabkeur on the possibility of opening a university in the wilaya of Touggourt, during a plenary session dedicated to oral questions, the minister specified that the realization of a university or a university center requires a study on the availability of the scientific standards defined by the specifications relating to the opening of a university establishment.

The adequate pedagogical framework, the material, pedagogical and structural capacities, the adaptation of the university with its economic and professional environment to be able to provide employment positions for its graduates in addition to the availability of pedagogical places, are all conditions which require “colossal allocations and considerable material resources”, explained Benziane.

Ahmed Achour