Manuel Scolaire (Free Textbooks)
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Population group
Children, Persons with disabilities
Programme Details
Programme objectives
Legal Framework: Law no. 08-04 of 23 January 2008; Executive Decree no. 17-42 of 19 January 2017; (funds allocated to the Ministry of Education)
Government of Algeria. 2017. Executive Decree no. 17-42 of 19 January 2017. Algiers: Government of Algeria. Internal archives.
Programme components
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Start date
Conditionalities (if any)
Enrolment
Coverage
Number of children covered: 4.4 million children annually
UNGA. 2015. Rapport du Rapporteur spécial sur le droit à l’éducation, Kishore Singh—Mission en Algérie. New York: United Nations General Assembly. Accessed 19 September 2015. <https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G15/135/58/PDF/G1513558.pdf?OpenElement>.
Programme expenditure
DZD6.5 billion
Source of funding: Government
Government of Algeria. 2017. Executive Decree no. 17-42 of 19 January 2017. Algiers: Government of Algeria. Internal archives.
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Means Test
Categorical Targeting
Targeted areas
Nationwide
Target groups
Children with disabilities, orphans, victims of terrorism and families in need; parents without a source of income or whose source of income is below the national minimum wage (SNMG); students in the first year of primary education
CREAD. 2015. “Evaluation de la cohérence de la protection sociale non-contributive en Algérie.” Unpublished report. Bouzaréah: Centre de Recherche en Economie Appliquée pour le Développement. Internal archives.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
In-kind (textbooks)
