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Algeria to offer computer classes in schools

06/01/2009

Algeria plans to create 1000 new jobs for university graduates to teach computer skills as an independent class at primary and high school levels starting in the second trimester of 2009, Education Minister Abou Bekr Benbouzid announced Monday (January 5th) in Algiers. In addition, the education ministry "will provide every high school with two computer laboratories" and every primary school with 10 computers, Echorouk quoted Benbouzid as saying.