{"id":78632,"date":"2026-09-18T15:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=78632"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:04:27","slug":"dzw-f68ef3256e09c513a14190901fd423d5264515bf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=78632","title":{"rendered":"Algiers Designates English as Primary Foreign Language in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

Algeria<\/a>'s education<\/a> system is set to implement a significant curriculum change for the upcoming academic year<\/a>, prioritizing English as the primary foreign language in primary schools. This national policy designates English as the first foreign language children<\/a> will study, beginning in the third year of primary school, typically around eight years of age. French language instruction will commence a year later, marking a notable shift from previous practices. The reform was publicly announced in July by Education Minister Mohamed Seghir Saadaoui.<\/p>\n

This strategic move is part of a broader national initiative to embrace English across Algeria. The shift is attributed to English's established status as a global lingua franca, reflecting a forward-looking approach to international communication and engagement. Furthermore, this policy aligns with Algeria's commitment to advancing its national identity and steering beyond historical colonial legacies associated with the French language. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune had previously underscored the importance of this direction with an announcement in 2022 regarding the introduction of English in primary schools.<\/p>\n

While Arabic has been the primary national language since independence, French had historically maintained prevalence in certain academic spheres. The current policy follows earlier efforts, including a plan put forth in 2019 to promote English use in universities, and a previous attempt to offer English as an option in primary schools in the early 1990s. The current comprehensive integration of English as the foundational foreign language in primary education<\/a> represents a decisive step in Algeria's evolving linguistic and educational landscape, aligning its younger generations with global communication trends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Algeria’s education system is set to prioritize English as the primary foreign language in primary schools, effective for the upcoming academic year. This national policy shift aims to align the country with global linguistic trends and advance its national identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78632","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\/78632","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=78632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78633,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78632\/revisions\/78633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}