Algeria's public employment office, in coordination with the Ministries of Health and Finance, has exceptionally authorized the hiring of private health graduates for 2024 and 2025. This decision was made during a meeting on September 15, 2026, to address the employment of private health graduates. The hiring will be done within the available financial positions and after exhausting the employment of public health graduates and military health school graduates.
The exceptional hiring is subject to certain conditions and legal controls. The public employment office clarified that the previous agreement on exceptional hiring, which was made in 2012, is no longer valid due to new laws in the health sector. The office emphasized that the exceptional authorizations previously granted allowed hiring within available financial positions and after exhausting public health graduates' employment.
The Ministry of Health provided data showing a significant number of private health graduates. In 2024, there were 307 graduates, while in 2025, the number increased to 5900, totaling 6207 graduates over two years. Additionally, 7060 private health graduates were hired exceptionally between 2018 and 2025. These numbers raised concerns about the inflation of private health graduates and the control of pedagogical positions in private schools.
The Ministry of Health is working on a new strategy to link training with labor market needs. This strategy involves establishing a pre-contract system with private clinics, allowing students to conduct field training and potentially securing job positions after graduation. The ministry had requested the opening of 1500 financial positions in the 2026 budget to hire private health graduates.
However, the public employment office stressed that financial positions cannot be automatically allocated to private health graduates. Priority in hiring is given to public health graduates, and private health graduates can only be hired within available financial positions and after exhausting public health graduates' employment.
The meeting concluded with an agreement to exceptionally hire private health graduates from 2024 and 2025 within available financial positions. The hiring will be done after exhausting the employment of public health graduates and military health school graduates. The sector is required to ensure wide publicity for hiring operations and respect for the principles of equality and transparency.
The public employment office emphasized that the health sector is not obligated to create or allocate financial positions for private health graduates, as they are not part of the health sector's training plan. The hiring of private health graduates in public health institutions will be done through exceptional authorization and within available financial positions.
Key points
- Algeria allows exceptional hiring of 5900 private health graduates from 2024 and 2025 within available financial positions.
