On February 29, 2024, The minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr. Kamel Baddari, with Minister of Knowledge Economy and Start-ups, Mr. Yacine El-Mahdi Oualid, carried out a working and inspection visit to the Province of Aïn Temouchent, during which he confirmed that the Algerian university, through its inventions and creativity constitute a local locomotive for local and national development.

The minister declared, during his visit to the University of Belhadj Bouchaib in Ain Temouchent, that the Algerian University, through its innovation and creativity constitute a locomotive of local and national development, and gives Algeria that international status that shines over the various societies of the world.

During his meeting with university family in Ain Temouchent, the minister explained that the university is considered as a social institution and one of the pillars of the Algerian social system, which is an integral part of local and national society.

He also added that the inventions and creativity of students to create wealth, whether in the field of creating star-ups or microenterprises generating employment, are a fulfilment of the Commitment 41 of the commitments of the president of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who makes the university a locomotive of local and national development.