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The Minister of Education, Mohamed Seghir Saâdaoui.
The first week of lessons will be entirely devoted to school health, placed under the slogan “School health for a healthy and safe future”. This was announced by the Minister of National Education, Mohamed Seghir Saâdaoui, on the occasion of the meeting by videoconferencing with the directors of education and the executives of his department, as part of the preparations for the school year 2025/2026.
Saâdaoui said that “this program aims to make our children understand that academic success begins with health. A healthy mind can only flourish in a healthy body, “said a statement from the ministry.
Organized in partnership with the Ministry of National Education, the Ministry of Health and the National Commission for Cancer Prevention and Combat, this initiative concerns the entire national territory and has been designed to adapt to each educational level. Specific activities are planned for primary and secondary students, so that the message is understood and assimilated by all generations.
The program will take the form of interactive sessions organized every day, one per class. They will be jointly led by a teacher and a doctor, thus guaranteeing a balance between pedagogy and medical knowledge. The themes selected will cover body hygiene, balanced diet, prevention of chronic diseases, the importance of physical activity and responsible behavior to adopt in daily life. The Minister wanted to specify that these activities will not disturb the course of the courses. He explained that “the lessons provided for in the national program will be provided. Health awareness is conceived as a complement, a parallel training which enriches the education of students without encroaching on classical learning ”.
Beyond the school framework, the Minister called for the mobilization of all, stressing that “the success of this program depends on the commitment of the educational family, but also on the active participation of the parents”. The messages transmitted to school must be relayed and consolidated at home, so that the child integrates these notions into his daily life. He wanted to add that this approach is part of a logic of complementarity between school, family and health institutions. It reflects the will of the public authorities to make health awareness of a shared mission, in the same way as academic education.
A preparation in the smallest detail
In addition, the meeting was also an opportunity to A full point of the situation in each wilaya. The Minister questioned, one by one, the directors of education on the progress of the operations in progress. He gave firm instructions so that no detail was neglected. The reception and equipment of the new infrastructure, the finalization of rehabilitation and renovation work, the installation of the necessary equipment, the commissioning of school canteens with hot meals available from the first day, the distribution of the textbook in all establishments, as well as respect for the time jobs given to teachers have been screened.
The Minister recalled that administrative and educational supervision must be guaranteed flawless and that students will have to find clean establishments and ready to welcome them. Declaring that “the school must be a safe, welcoming and worthy place”, it also demanded to provide the South establishments with air conditioners to protect children from extreme temperatures.
At the end of the meeting, Mr. Saâdaoui stressed that the initiative to place the start of the school year under the sign of health was not a simple punctual event but a structuring stage of a sustainable educational policy. “We want to register health at the heart of the educational journey. It is a question of giving our children the tools to protect their health, prevent diseases and understand that their future also involves their physical and psychological well-being, “he noted.
This orientation is part of the national strategy for prevention of diseases and promotion of public health. It reflects the ambition to build a modern school, attentive to the needs of the child as a whole, and anxious to train citizens capable of facing the challenges of tomorrow. By putting the protection of students in the foreground, the State reaffirms that academic success and health well-being are inseparable.
Thus, back to school 2025 has the value of a symbol. It reflects the desire to open a new step, where the school becomes a place of knowledge, awakening but also of protection and prevention, where the success of the students also involves their physical and mental well-being. Health becomes de facto a transversal material, inseparable from education and a strategic lever to build the future.