On January 23, 2024, at the headquarters of the newspaper El Moudjahid, the minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Kamel Baddari, held a press conference, during which he revealed that there is an idea to create and develop a training course for local automobile industry in Algeria, as the Ministry asked professors and researchers to make presentations on this topic to keep pace with the training of efficient executives with all the necessary skills and strength to master this field. He revealed, on the other hand, that the demands are in regions familiar with automobile industry through training and materializing knowledge.

The minister also clarified that the quality of education is achieved by transforming the university into the fourth generation by training graduates who transform their knowledge into actions and share global programs.

The minister also stated that the sector is working to improve the quality of education in universities and to insure the necessary quality, indicating that the failure rate in universities, especially in bachelor’s degree, was between 30 and 40 percent previously. He pointed out that the percentage decreased this year to 18 percent, because the failure rate indicates the quality of education compared to the European countries, which reaches 60 percent. The minister explained that the success rate in the National School of Artificial Intelligence reached 95 percent.

The minister also revealed during the conference that Algeria, for the first time in its modern history, registered 1408 patents, noting that the Algerian university has developed since the independence, and introduced millions of university graduates to the employment world. He pointed out as well that 405 innovative projects were registered, 12 of which were transformed into start-ups.