Minister of National Education Mohamed Seghir Saadaoui directed the Director General of Education to take organizational measures for the immediate and precise implementation of President Tebboune's instructions. This order came during a videoconference meeting held on Tuesday afternoon at the Ministry's headquarters in El Mouradia. Minister Saadaoui showed the significance of President Tebboune's directive, stating that all proposals, regardless of their nature, must be presented and discussed exclusively before the President. The minister emphasized the need for strict adherence to these presidential mandates across the education sector, ensuring that all actions align with the head of state's vision for the national education system.
Implementing Presidential Vision
The national education sector aims to establish a modern, open school environment capable of producing generations equipped with scientific knowledge and open thinking. This objective seeks to systematically and thoroughly leverage recent advantages and gains for the education sector, striving for quality and performance to ensure a successful academic year. The ultimate goal of the national education sector, as articulated, is indeed to foster a modern, open school environment that effectively produces generations possessing both necessary scientific knowledge and open thinking. This full approach is designed to ensure that the sector achieves optimal quality and performance throughout the academic year.
Urgent projects within the sector must be monitored closely to meet their deadlines and adhere to required standards, according to official directives. This rigorous follow-up is essential to guarantee that all projects are completed on time and meet the stipulated quality benchmarks. New projects need to be registered with enhanced effectiveness and efficiency, ensuring that resources are utilized optimally from their inception. Achieving these goals necessitates strengthening field follow-up mechanisms and maintaining continuous coordination with local authorities. Effective coordination with these local government entities is considered key for the successful implementation of these directives, ensuring that regional needs and challenges are adequately addressed and integrated into the broader educational strategy. This collaborative effort is vital for the smooth execution of educational initiatives across the country.
Enhancing Operational Efficiency
Minister Mohamed Seghir Saadaoui directed the activation of the recently adopted unified internal system for educational institutions. This activation is expected to streamline administrative processes and enhance the overall functioning of schools. The Minister also instructed the Secretary-General and the Director-General for Foresight, Planning, and Finance to enhance performance efficiency, aiming for optimal exploitation of existing gains and advantages within the sector. Saadaoui specifically focused on increasing the effectiveness of the school map concerning both structures and student distribution. This strategic enhancement of the school map aims to optimize the allocation of educational facilities and student populations, ensuring equitable access and efficient resource management across all regions. This measure is intended to make the best use of current infrastructure and planning capabilities.
The Minister stated that working hours for professors and employees must be better controlled, and efficiency must be ensured in managing these hours across all educational stages. This focus on efficiency in controlling working hours is critical for maximizing productivity and ensuring that educational staff are deployed effectively. Control over staffing distribution is necessary to achieve greater effectiveness, with a clear directive against creating new positions unless absolutely essential. Vacant positions must be precisely controlled based on the school map, ensuring that staffing aligns with actual needs and avoids unnecessary expenditures. Additionally, all requirements for working hours for all employees must be met to maintain a disciplined and productive work environment. The Minister also called for enhancing the effectiveness of digitization, particularly for student and employee registrations, to provide accurate statistics for sound decision-making processes. This digital transformation is expected to improve data reliability and support evidence-based policy formulation.
Protecting Institutions and Resources
The videoconference meeting included cadres from the central administration, directors of education, and delegated directors, reflecting a full engagement across various levels of the educational hierarchy. Minister Mohamed Seghir Saadaoui instructed all components of the educational family to safeguard educational institutions and their spaces from political conflicts, ideological currents, extremism, and intellectual violence. He further stressed the importance of effective investment in the education sector's substantial human resources, which have accumulated significant experience since Algeria's independence. This emphasis notes the value of the long-standing expertise within the sector and the need to leverage it for future development.
