Algeria Opens Cross-Wilaya Recruitment for PE Teachers

Algeria’s Ministry of National Education has instructed provinces still facing shortages of physical education and sports teachers to open recruitment to candidates from outside the wilaya.

Education Minister Mohamed Seghir Saadaoui issued the instruction during a national videoconference chaired from the ministry’s headquarters in El Mouradia, according to Ennahar Online. The meeting focused on organizational and management issues linked to the school year and brought together central administration officials, education directors and other sector officials.

The measure is specifically aimed at wilayas where shortages remain in physical education and sports teaching. The source did not identify the affected provinces or provide a figure for the number of vacancies.

Saadaoui also welcomed the completion of staffing arrangements in other subjects across all levels of education. Education directors presented updates on efforts to fill remaining vacancies in some schools following the appointment of successful candidates from the recruitment competition.

The minister called for strict compliance with the legal and regulatory framework governing the recruitment process. He also said education authorities should not be influenced by social-media content or calls seeking to pressure education directorates over the application of recruitment rules.

Saadaoui described the recruitment competition as one of the largest recruitment operations in the sector’s history and said continued adherence to the law was necessary to support stable staffing and the proper functioning of the education system.

Contract Teachers and Reserve Lists

The meeting also addressed concerns raised by some former contract teachers whose contracts have expired, including some who participated in the recruitment competition, as well as candidates included on reserve lists.

Saadaoui said the use of reserve lists must follow the applicable legal and regulatory provisions and that the law would remain the reference for handling individual cases.

For vacancies falling outside the cases covered by Instruction No. 01, the minister said authorities may, when necessary, use temporary contracts entered into voluntarily by the candidates concerned. According to the source, these temporary contracts do not provide a route to integration into permanent employment.

The source did not provide further details on Instruction No. 01 or specify how many positions could be filled through temporary contracts.