diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index c9cbde9..4067dd9 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ NOTES-*.md x*.txt local-docs/* TO-ASK.md -.env \ No newline at end of file +.env +x.* \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/website/docs/appendix/glossary.md b/website/docs/appendix/glossary.md index 3a521e1..301bce0 100644 --- a/website/docs/appendix/glossary.md +++ b/website/docs/appendix/glossary.md @@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ custom_edit_url: https://github.com/Fcmam5/state-of-dz-swe-2024/tree/master/webs | CNOSSI | Centre National Opérationnel de Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (National Operational Center for Information Systems Security) | | CNAS | National Fund For Social Insurance For Salaried Employees | | CASNOS | National Social Security Fund For Self-Employed | -| APOCE | Association for the Protection and Guidance of Consumers and their Environment | \ No newline at end of file +| APOCE | Association for the Protection and Guidance of Consumers and their Environment | +| BEF | Brevet d'Enseignement Fondamental | +| BEM | Brevet d’Enseignement Moyen | \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/website/docs/appendix/index.md b/website/docs/appendix/index.md index 7a1569f..2d6f64b 100644 --- a/website/docs/appendix/index.md +++ b/website/docs/appendix/index.md @@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ custom_edit_url: https://github.com/Fcmam5/state-of-dz-swe-2024/tree/master/webs - IMF: Algeria: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Algeria - https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2024/04/12/Algeria-2023-Article-IV-Consultation-Press-Release-Staff-Report-and-Statement-by-the-547687 - ARPCE: Hosting and Storage Cloud Computing - https://www.arpce.dz/fr/service/cloud - Algeria: Mobile Network Experience Report - https://www.opensignal.com/reports/2024/03/algeria/mobile-network-experience -- Baromètre des connexions Internet mobiles en Algérie (2022/2023) - https://media.nperf.com/files/publications/DZ/2023-07-11_Barometre-connexions-mobiles-nPerf-S2-2022-S1-2023.pdf \ No newline at end of file +- Baromètre des connexions Internet mobiles en Algérie (2022/2023) - https://media.nperf.com/files/publications/DZ/2023-07-11_Barometre-connexions-mobiles-nPerf-S2-2022-S1-2023.pdf +- Education in the Maghreb: Algeria - https://wenr.wes.org/2006/04/wenr-apr-2006-education-in-algeria \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/website/docs/insights/education-and-learning.md b/website/docs/insights/education-and-learning.md index 34f6802..d141ba9 100644 --- a/website/docs/insights/education-and-learning.md +++ b/website/docs/insights/education-and-learning.md @@ -41,7 +41,22 @@ TBD mention: TBD: mention the fact that one can miss the chance to end in a technical branch if the mess it up in CEM, or HS. -### University +> Can we say that having a bad grade in the national "BEM/BEF" exam can affect chances of working in software engineering? + +### Higher education + +Access to universities and Higher schools is open to holders of the baccalaureate or a foreign equivalent. The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research sets the requirements (scores to have) annually, assigning students to specialties takes the following parameters in consideration: + +- **Student choice:** Students must submit their desired specialties to study in order, then they get assigned the first matching choice. +- **Field of study in the baccalaureate:** Mathematics, Technology and scientific students for example have access to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) branches. +- **Average score in specific fields on the baccalaureate:** Set annually based on averages, success rate and choices trends of each edition. For example access to Mathematics and Computer science (MI) branch in the university of Algiers (USTHB) was 13.74 in 2018, 13.83 in 2019, 14.27 in 2020 and 15.53 in 2021 ([source](https://finfo.usthb.dz/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MoyennesMinimales-MI-USTHB.pdf)). +- **The number of available seats in each field and jurisdiction:** Students are assigned their first matching desired field of study. + +This system makes the access to trending study specialties very competitive. Hence, we can use the scores to access these fields in big universities as a metric to see whether Computer science or similar related study fields are trending in Algeria. + +For example, in the following graph we compared the minimum admission scores for The [Higher National School of Computer Science (ESI)](https://esi.dz/) compared to success rates for scientific branch: + +![](/img/stats/bac-and-esi-scores.png) ### Higher/Elite schools diff --git a/website/static/img/stats/bac-and-esi-scores.png b/website/static/img/stats/bac-and-esi-scores.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..558dee7 Binary files /dev/null and b/website/static/img/stats/bac-and-esi-scores.png differ