Financing higher education in Algeria : reality and challenges

Abstract EN

Higher Education in all its functions considered one of the most important pillars of economic and social planning.

Most countries have considered financing Higher Education as a national investment in the framework of planning and improving the indicators of economic and human development, which made most countries pay great attention to the issue of working to provide the necessary funding for this sector.

Algeria, like other countries, has paid great attention to the issue of funding Higher Education, considering it as a government project funded mainly through government resources, due to the limitations of these sources, financing of Higher Education in Algeria has identified various challenges that have affected its adequacy.

On this basis, this study intending to research and highlight Higher Education and spending on it.

In addition to mentioning the most important sources of funding.

Then analyze the reality of spending on this sector in particular in Algeria.

By clarifying the allocations of public spending on this sector, and thus the main question of this study is about analyzing the reality of the financing of Higher Education in Algeria, as well as identifying the most important challenges facing it towards achieving the objectives set.

And one of the most important results that's considered as a challenge is that the volume of government funding for higher education in Algeria remains the dominant factor by 98%, So Algerian government needs to seek for non-government sources of funding.