Algeria’s Ministry of Vocational Training and Education, under Minister Nassima Arhab, officially launched a national Artificial Intelligence training programme designed to develop advanced digital skills and strengthen human capital for high-value economic sectors. Inaugurated in coordination with the Minister of Knowledge Economy, Startups and Micro-Enterprises Noureddine Zahid, the 12-week programme combines intensive theoretical instruction with applied project development, shifting from traditional training models toward a competency-based, project-oriented approach with simulated professional environments. The goal is to produce specialist AI practitioners capable of direct integration into emerging digital industries and global value chains. The programme operates through Algeria’s national vocational training network and represents a government-initiated AI literacy and skills pathway at the national level, complementing the existing university-based AI education system (57,702 students in 74 master’s programmes across 52 universities). The programme is government-funded and publicly delivered, constituting an AI literacy curriculum within the vocational education system, though it is not yet a binding mandate for all learners.
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