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Algeria’s schools put Shakespeare before Molière in break from France

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 1228 words · By Madjid Serrah
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Algeria’s schools put Shakespeare before Molière in break from France Algerian primary schools will begin teaching English before French for the first time, signalling the country’s break from France.

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What happened

Algeria’s schools put Shakespeare before Molière in break from France Algerian primary schools will begin teaching English before French for the first time, signalling the country’s break from France.

Why it matters

Ahmed Krim spent 30 years teaching English in Algeria’s middle schools.

Common ground

Now retired, the 60-year-old watched the language he loved remain firmly behind French as the country’s second language.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Claim 1: “Algeria’s independence from France in 1962.”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that the Algerian War resulted in Algeria gaining independence from France in 1962.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — French Algeria, also known as Colonial Algeria, was a colony and later an integral part of France. French rule lasted from the beginning of the French conquest in 1830 until the end of the Algerian Wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Algeria
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Algerians in France (French: Algériens en France; Arabic: جزائريون في فرنسا) are people of Algerian descent or nationality living in France. People of Algerian origin account for a large sector of th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerians_in_France
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between France and Algeria span more than five centuries. Through this period, there have been many changes within each of the nations, with consequent effects on their relations. Algeria wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria–France_relations
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Claim 2: “The French language has been erased from some utility bills and Air Algerie tickets.”
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The provided search results for this claim contain irrelevant content (spam/adult content) and general Wikipedia entries for Air Algérie, but nothing confirming the removal of French from bills or tickets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air Algérie SpA (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية الجزائرية, al-Khuṭūṭu l-Jawwiyyatu l-Jazā’iriyyah) is the flag carrier of Algeria, with its head office in the El-Djazair office block in Algiers. With flights o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Algérie
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air Algérie Flight 5017 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers, Algeria, which crashed near Gossi, Mali, on 24 July 2014. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Algérie_Flight_5017
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air France Flight 447 was a scheduled international transatlantic passenger flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, that crashed into the mid-Atlantic Ocean on …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447
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Claim 3: “medicine and science faculties have begun switching from French to English.”
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One academic source (ASJP) discusses implementing English as a medium of instruction in Algerian medical higher education, but there is no broad corroboration of a systemic switch across all science faculties.
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web search NEUTRAL — Algerian Medical Higher Education ; English as medium of instruction ; Non-English speaking students and teachers ; PRISMA guidelines, ; SLR.Implementing English As A Medium Of Instruction In Algerian…
https://asjp.cerist.dz/en/article/295901
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web search NEUTRAL — A review of Algerian medicinal plants used in the treatment of diabetes.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03788…
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web search NEUTRAL — Which fields of study can I browse in Algeria? Fields such as Business & Management, Law, Social Sciences & Education each have their own browsable page for Algeria. Every curated field lists all matc…
https://www.uni2study.com/programs/algeria/medicine-health
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Claim 4: “According to the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF), Algeria has approximately 15 million French speakers, nearly a third of its population.”
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Claim 5: “President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s linguistic overhaul for Algeria, which he first outlined in 2022 with English being introduced to primary schools.”
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The Maghreb Times and Arab News both report that President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered the introduction of English into primary schools starting in September 2022.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Spanning over 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), it is the largest countr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — English is taught in schools in Algeria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language_in_Algeria
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of current state leaders ordered by their continuous tenure in a position of national leadership. For countries in which the head of state and head of government are separate, both offi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_state_leaders_…
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Claim 6: “On July 25 , Algeria’s Education Minister, Mohamed Seghir Saadaoui, announced that English will become the sole foreign language taught in the third year of primary school in the new academic year for 2026-2027.”
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The specific announcement by Education Minister Mohamed Seghir Saadaoui regarding English as the sole foreign language in the third year for the 2026-2027 academic year is reported by multiple sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Education in Algeria is free and compulsory for Algerians from the ages of 6 to 15. However, only half of Algerian students are enrolled in secondary schools. As of 2015, Algeria has 92 post-secondary…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Algeria
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The official languages of Algeria are Arabic and Standard Algerian Amazigh, as specified in its constitution since 1963 for the former and since 2016 for the latter. Arabic, particularly vernacular Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Algeria
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nouria Benghabrit-Remaoun (born 5 March 1952) is an Algerian sociologist and researcher. Previously she had served in the government of Algeria as Minister of National Education. Her previous function…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouria_Benghabrit-Remaoun
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Claim 7: “Algerian primary schools will begin teaching English before French for the first time”
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Multiple independent sources (Al Jazeera, Al-Estiklal, and Briefly) confirm that Algerian primary schools will begin teaching English before French.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian Revolution, the Franco-Algerian War, or the Algerian War of Independence, was an armed conflict between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — English is taught in schools in Algeria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language_in_Algeria
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — French is commonly used in Algeria. Despite intermittent attempts to eradicate French from public life, by the 2000s the proportion of French speakers in Algeria was much higher than on the eve of ind…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language_in_Algeria
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Claim 8: “In February, Algeria’s education ministry reportedly recruited about 15,000 English language teachers for primary schools.”
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Claim 9: “Algeria... hosts over 170,000 Sahrawi refugees”
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Claim 10: “government ministers’ websites will also have English as an option.”
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The search results mention government contact lists and a general push for English in universities, but do not confirm that ministers' websites are adding English options.
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web search NEUTRAL — The appointment of Tebboune surprised Algerian political elites, who had expected Sellal to be reappointed.[4] The new government headed by Tebboune was appointed on 25 May.[10]. Tebboune served as pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelmadjid_Tebboune
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web search NEUTRAL — If we don't study in English, there can be no future"3 weeks ago, the minister launched an online opinion poll - with the final results due to be published next month.Early results suggest that 94 per…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijfdPx7dHuM
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web search NEUTRAL — 4.1 Algeria Government Contact List. Exporter en PDF.Fax Number. Website. Ministére de l'Intérieur et des Collectivités Locales.
https://lca.logcluster.org/fr/41-algeria-government-contact-…
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Claim 11: “The university experiment that began in 2023-2024”
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Claim 12: “French would be pushed back to the fourth year”
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Multiple sources explicitly state that French instruction will be pushed back/postponed to the fourth year of primary school.
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web search NEUTRAL — Algerian primary schools will begin teaching English before French for the first time, signalling the country’s break from France.French would be pushed back to the fourth year, ending its domination …
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/8/24/algerias-school…
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the decision announced by the Algerian Ministry of National Education, with the start of the 2026-2027 school year in Algeria, English instruction will begin from the third grade of prima…
https://www.alestiklal.net/en/article/after-decades-of-frenc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Algeria’s Education Minister Mohamed Seghir Saadaoui announced that English will be the only foreign language taught in third-year primary school in the 2026-2027 academic year, with French shifted to…
https://briefly.co/anchor/France_politics/story/algerias-sch…
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Claim 13: “In July 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron publicly backed Morocco’s sovereignty claim over Western Sahara.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute this claim.
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Claim 14: “Road signs are beginning to feature English alongside Arabic”
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The search results discuss the Trans-Sahara Highway and general road trips, but provide no evidence regarding the addition of English to road signs.
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web search NEUTRAL — An Algerian Road Trip... YES PLEASE! Back on the road with Fancy Yellow with our guides who will be with us for the next couple of days as we check out the best beaches Algeria has to offer...possibly…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAU5jdhq7NU
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web search NEUTRAL — The sign panel includes a location unit: which is used to locate the position of the sign (in front of a school, on motorways, in built-up areas, on mountains, and so on.). Generally, to recover the c…
https://thesai.org/Downloads/Volume14No5/Paper_98-Intelligen…
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web search NEUTRAL — Algeria is also crossed by the Trans-Sahara Highway, which is now completely paved. This road is supported by the Algerian government to increase trade between the six countries crossed: Algeria, Mali…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria
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Claim 15: “In March 2025, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso withdrew from the OIF”
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Claim 16: “Mali made its national languages official in 2023, demoting French to a working language. Burkina Faso followed the same year and Niger in 2025”
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Claim 17: “Tamazight... spoken by around a quarter of Algeria’s population, was marginalised until 1995”
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