Researchers in the higher education and scientific research sector launch engines powered by green hydrogen

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Researchers in the higher education and scientific research sector launch engines powered by green hydrogen

On 31 August 2025, Mr. Kamel Baddari, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, oversaw the launch of the green hydrogen engine manufacturing project #BAHU at the ministry’s headquarters. Representatives from the Ministry of National Defence, the Central Directorate of Military Industry, the Director General of Scientific Research and Technological Development, the Director of the National Higher School of Renewable Energies, research centre directors, green hydrogen researchers, and the National Industrial Vehicle Company attended the event.

This project is part of an initiative to enhance research and development results, and transform innovation into valuable, manufactured outcomes. this is done by converting the diesel engines of public transport buses to operate using green hydrogen.

The green hydrogen-powered bus engine will save 31% of the local energy production, while significantly reducing carbon emissions resulting from the use of diesel, thereby achieving the sustainable development goals of the government’s 2024-2029 program. 

 

Mr. Kamel Baddari launches a national pedagogical committee to improve online education

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Mr. Kamel Baddari launches a national pedagogical committee to improve online education

On Saturday, 30 August 2025, Mr. Kamel Baddari, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, held a meeting both in person and virtually with ministry’s and regional conferences officials, the president of the Council of Ethics and Deontology of the University Profession, and several pedagogy specialists.
During the meeting, a project was initiated to evaluate educational documents and lessons published on university platforms. This project lead to the approval of the establishment of a national pedagogical committee to improve online education. The committee’s mission will be to:

– Create a Label to ensure the pedagogical quality of digital documents;
– Standardise the cognitive objectives of digital pedagogical documents and continuously improving their content;
– Establish mechanisms of the periodic evaluation of the documents’ quality and their impact on students;
– Increase the international visibility of the Algerian universities.