Algerian Higher Educational Policy And Students’ Acumen On The Course Of The Current Reform

Abstract

In Algeria, the process of educational change is an intricate and tough task involving politically-oriented objectives whereby policy makers have felt the urgent need to reform the educational sector which has been described, several times, as ‘doomed’. Through the use of a questionnaire and a mixed method approach, the rationale behind undertaking this study was to shed light on the current reforms achieved by the Algerian government vis à vis the higher educational system -with a special focus on the ‘LMD’ system- and to scrutinize whether those efforts have attained the desired objectives among a sample of 35 students enrolled in scientific and technological streams. The findings revealed that less than half of the sample population is satisfied with the current reforms achieved by the Algerian government, and that the majority students favour the ‘classical’ system instead of the ‘LMD’ system as they find their level gradually regressing. Additionally, this perception triggers a kind of uncertainty among the students’ as regards their future professional career.