Algeria is launching a major recruitment drive to fill 41,000 public sector positions, including 40,500 teachers, amid persistent tensions in the education and judicial sectors.
The Algerian Ministry of National Education announced on Thursday the opening of a national competitive examination to recruit 40,500 new teachers.
Applications must be submitted exclusively online within fifteen days of the publication of the first notice in the press, according to an official statement.
This drive represents one of the largest recruitment exercises in the sector in a decade, as public
schools face a structural shortage of qualified personnel.
The entire procedure will be managed via the digital platform of the National Office for Examinations and Competitions, with the ministry assuring that the ranking of candidates will be “automated” based on the documents submitted.
This digitalisation is presented as a guarantee of transparency, even though several unions regularly
denounce the opacity of administrative management and the risk of errors in centralised computer systems.
Candidates must hold the required diploma, be of Algerian nationality, have fulfilled their national service obligations, and have a clean criminal record with no entries incompatible with the profession.
Specifically, the authorities are seeking 11,831 primary school teachers, 18,929 middle school teachers, and 9,740 high schoolteachers. Contract teachers already in post will be retained until the end of the 2025-2026 academic year and are eligible to participate in the competition. The ranking will be based on six criteria: diploma relevance, additional training, professional experience, diploma
validity, studies in the same specialisation, and a final interview.
In parallel, the Ministry of Justice has launched a national competition to recruit 500 student magistrates for 2025. Online pre-registration will be open from January 18 to 29, 2026, while the
entrance exams are scheduled for April. Successful candidates will be required to sign a 15-year minimum service commitment within the judiciary, a measure that underscores the sector’s difficulties in attracting and retaining qualified professionals.
These two recruitment drives come as Algeria claims it is modernising its public administration, without addressing criticisms of bureaucratic red tape, payment delays, and low salaries.
Many observers believe these mass recruitments stem from both structural necessity and a desire to contain social pressure in an uncertain economic climate.
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