{"id":60605,"date":"2026-05-15T11:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60605"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:28:35","slug":"algeria-to-make-history-and-civic-education-mandatory-across-all-higher-education-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=60605","title":{"rendered":"Algeria to Make History and Civic Education Mandatory Across All Higher Education Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria&#8217;s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Kamal Beddari, announced Thursday in Algiers that the subjects of <strong>&#8220;History of Algeria&#8221;<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;National Identity and Citizenship&#8221;<\/strong> will be gradually introduced as compulsory courses across all universities and higher education institutions nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to <strong>dzwatch<\/strong>, Minister Beddari stressed: <em>&#8220;Today, more than ever, we urgently need to revive our core reference values and hold firmly to them, as they are the fortress that protects our identity and strengthens our social cohesion in the face of the rapid cultural tide imposed by modern media and communications technologies.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The minister confirmed that starting from the <strong>2025\u20132026 academic year<\/strong>, a progressive approach has already been adopted, beginning with elite schools and institutions enrolling top-performing students in technology specializations, before expanding nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative aims to deepen students&#8217; national consciousness, reinforce patriotic belonging, and equip future generations with the historical awareness needed to understand the present and shape Algeria&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria&#8217;s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Kamal Beddari, announced Thursday in Algiers that the subjects of &#8220;History of Algeria&#8221; and &#8220;National Identity and Citizenship&#8221; will be gradually introduced as compulsory courses across all universities and higher education institutions nationwide. Speaking exclusively to dzwatch, Minister Beddari stressed: &#8220;Today, more than ever, we urgently need &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60604,"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":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60605","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\/60605","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=60605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}