{"id":49945,"date":"2026-01-24T20:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=49945"},"modified":"2026-01-24T20:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T19:00:48","slug":"education-minister-denies-islamic-studies-removal-for-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=49945","title":{"rendered":"Education Minister Denies Islamic Studies Removal for Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Algiers, January 24, 2026<\/strong> \u2013 The Minister of National Education, Mohamed Seghir Saadaoui, has refuted claims circulating regarding the alleged removal of Islamic Studies from the Baccalaureate examination for science streams.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister made the statement today, Saturday, during his supervision alongside the Minister of Communication at the opening of a training day for journalists. Saadaoui emphasized that the Ministry&#8217;s primary responsibility is to &#8220;protect and safeguard national identity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the concerns, Minister Saadaoui stated, &#8220;The Ministry is committed to upholding the integrity of the national curriculum and ensuring that all students receive a comprehensive education that reflects our cultural and religious values.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Saadaoui proposed the establishment of a cell within the Ministry of National Education, headed by the person in charge of information, to &#8220;unify information and obtain it from its source,&#8221; with the aim of ensuring accuracy. This initiative seeks to combat the spread of misinformation and provide journalists with reliable and verified data.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister also expressed his anticipation that these joint sessions between the two ministries would conclude with an agreement on the use of &#8220;meaningful&#8221; terms and phrases to ensure the true meaning is conveyed, calling for avoiding generalizations and accompanying this &#8220;sensitive&#8221; sector with calm media language.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Ministry of Education has reaffirmed its commitment to providing quality education that fosters national pride and cultural understanding.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This announcement comes amidst ongoing discussions about educational reforms and the importance of maintaining a balanced curriculum that prepares students for the challenges of the 21st century while preserving Algeria&#8217;s rich heritage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers, January 24, 2026 \u2013 The Minister of National Education, Mohamed Seghir Saadaoui, has refuted claims circulating regarding the alleged removal of Islamic Studies from the Baccalaureate examination for science streams.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister made the statement today, Saturday&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49947,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49945\/revisions\/49947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}