Youm El Ilm
On April 16 each year, the Algerian people celebrate Knowledge Day (Youm El Ilm). Marking the anniversary of the death of the great scholar and ardent patriot Abdelhamid Ben Badis, this date was chosen as a symbol intended to raise awareness among Algerian citizens of the value of books and the place that should be given to them within the framework of the Cultural Revolution.
The objectives of the Algerian book policy, part of the general policy of national development, and the Cultural Revolution which aims to transform mentalities through the constant effort of literacy and raising the level of education, indisputably constitute one of the strategic parts of the Revolution.
“The book policy will be designed to meet the increased needs of students, intellectual youth, technicians, men of culture, researchers, workers in the process of specialization and, generally speaking, the average reader whose advent and multiplication across all walks of life is, since independence, an undeniable fact of civilization in our society” [Excerpt from the National Charter, Title III, “The main axes of the construction of socialism”].
An essential tool for educational development, the book is of capital importance and its wide distribution at all levels is essential for truly accessing the world of science and knowledge.
Book Week, which takes place every year, must highlight the virtues of public reading and the need to organize a healthier and richer cultural environment by increasing the number of libraries, facilitating the acquisition of books and stimulating national creation and production.
It is in this context that the government has decided to support the price of books in the same way as basic necessities.
The objectives of the Algerian book policy, part of the general policy of national development, and the Cultural Revolution which aims to transform mentalities through the constant effort of literacy and raising the level of education, indisputably constitute one of the strategic parts of the Revolution.
“The book policy will be designed to meet the increased needs of students, intellectual youth, technicians, men of culture, researchers, workers in the process of specialization and, generally speaking, the average reader whose advent and multiplication across all walks of life is, since independence, an undeniable fact of civilization in our society” [Excerpt from the National Charter, Title III, “The main axes of the construction of socialism”].
An essential tool for educational development, the book is of capital importance and its wide distribution at all levels is essential for truly accessing the world of science and knowledge.
Book Week, which takes place every year, must highlight the virtues of public reading and the need to organize a healthier and richer cultural environment by increasing the number of libraries, facilitating the acquisition of books and stimulating national creation and production.
It is in this context that the government has decided to support the price of books in the same way as basic necessities.