Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal inaugurated, Thursday, during his working and inspection visit to Ouargla, the Faculty of Medecine of the University of Kasdi Merbah in the administrative centre of the province.

This faculty, which opened its doors this year and currently brings together 114 students, has two lecture theatres of 180 seats, 18 tutorials classes, nine laboratories of 20 seats each and a teacher’s room, according to the data sheet.

The prime Minister also received a presentation on the higher school for teachers, the preparatory class in sciences and technology as well as on the University of Ouargla in general.

The University of Ouargla currently includes 28,600 students supervised by 1,176 teachers, and has a capacity of 22,580 pedagogical places.