The Ministry of National Education announced the launch of a major recruitment competition, opening more than 40,000 teaching positions across the three cycles of education. Aimed at addressing staff shortages and bolstering teaching staff ahead of the next school year, this national competition is based on candidates’ diplomas.
According to a statement released by the ministry, the operation covers a total of 40,500 positions, distributed as follows: 11,831 positions for primary cycle teachers (first grade), 18,929 positions for middle cycle teachers (first grade), and 9,740 positions for secondary cycle teachers (first grade).
The Ministry of National Education emphasizes the modernization of the application process. Registrations and dossier submissions will indeed be done exclusively online.
Interested candidates are invited to submit their files via the digital platform of the National Office for Examinations and Competitions (ONEC), accessible at the single address: [concours.onec.dz](http://concours.onec.dz/). This initiative aligns with a policy aimed at ensuring transparency, equity, and efficiency in selecting future teachers who will join the country’s schools.
Registrations will open starting from the first publication of the announcement in the print press. Candidates can review all conditions and participation procedures through the official link provided by the sector.
For transparency, all procedure steps—from document verification to final ranking—will be managed via the ministry’s information system, which will perform automated screening based on validated data.
The Education department also indicates that teachers recruited as contract workers for the 2025/2026 school year will continue their activities until the end of the current year. They are also eligible to participate in the competition, just like other graduates meeting the required criteria.
This operation represents one of the largest recruitment campaigns in the education sector in recent years, amid the authorities’ determination to strengthen the human resources of Algerian schools and improve teaching quality.
For reminder, during a meeting with unions last week, the Minister of Education emphasized that recruitment would primarily focus on graduates of Higher Normal Schools (ENS), identified as the most suitable profiles to meet growing pedagogical supervision needs.
“Coordination with the Ministry of Higher Education continues to expand the ENS network and finalize recruitments based on the sector’s real needs,” Mr. Saâdaoui specified.
This orientation aims not only to ensure the availability of qualified teachers but also a better distribution of human resources across the national territory.