In force for almost 20 years, the LMD system no longer meets the requirements in Algeria, according to education officials. Instead, the country is considering the implementation of a 4-year license.
The Algerian government has validated the abolition of the License-Master-Doctorate (LMD) system. In the Council of Ministers, Tuesday, September 12, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered a study aimed at facilitating the implementation of a return to the classic licensing system.
The President of the Republic instructed “to develop a global and integrated study on the feasibility of a flexible return to the “Classic License” system, replacing the “LMD” system”, indicates the final report of the Council.
In Algeria, the debate on the abolition of the LMD has become omnipresent in academic circles for several years now. In 2020, the National Council of Higher Education Teachers (CNES) of Algeria drew the government’s attention to the issue. The group of academics justified its desire to see the LMD abolished by the latter’s inability to meet the country’s need for skills.
Subsequently, the Ministry of Higher Education began discussions with stakeholders in the sector. From these meetings, the end of the LMD in Algeria stood out as obvious while a consensus seemed to emerge around the return to a four-year license as in the bachelor system.
As the change takes place, this measure promises to be unfavorable for students from sub-Saharan Africa, particularly those from countries where the LMD remains in force. In fact, the new system will make transfers and equivalences more complex.
