Jordan

Education
System
 About Jordan
 Population: 5,906,760
 Population growth rate: 2.49%
 Language: Arabic
 Government type: Constitutional Monarchy
 Independence: May 25, 1946 (from League of Nations mandate
under British administration)
 Constitution: January 1, 1952; amended 1954, 1955, 1958,
1960, 1965, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1984

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General Objectives
+ Using Arabic language in expressing himself and in
communicating easily with others.
+ Vigilantly Comprehend Facts , concepts and
relations connected with the natural environment
both locally and globally and effectively use them
in life.

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+ Comprehended Islam as an ideology and Sharia’
and vigilantly exemplify its values and trends.
+ Vigilantly comprehend technology and acquire
skills of using, producing and developing it, and
subjugate this technology to serve the society.
+ Think objectively and critically and adopt scientific
methods in observation, research and problem-
solving.

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+ Adhere to citizenship rights and shoulder the
related consequential responsibilities.
+ Invest personal potentials and free time in
developing knowledge, innovation, invention, and
the sprit of initiative, towards work and its
completion and in innocent entertainment.

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School Education
Two-year cycle of pre- Ten years of compulsory Two years of secondary
school education basic education academic or vocational
education

Duration: 2 years Duration: 10 years Optional

Ages: 4 to 6 years Ages: 6-16 2 educational streams:
 Comprehensive secondary education
Grades: 1 to 10
 Applied secondary education

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Comprehensive Secondary Education
Academic/ General secondary education:
 2 options- scientific and literary.
 14 subjects are offered in literary stream and 12 in the
scientific stream. There are both compulsory and elective
subjects.
 Duration: 2 years
 Ages: 16 to 18
 Credential awarded: General secondary education certificate
(Tawjihi)

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Vocational secondary education:
 Prepares students for entry into the community
colleges/universities or for workforce.
 It is provided in following types of schools: hotel service,
commercial, nursing, industrial, home economics, and
agricultural.
 Duration: 2 years
 Ages: 16 to 18
 Credential awarded: Completion certificate

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Examination

General secondary
Awarded the General
At the end of exam (Tawjihi) in
Secondary Education
secondary education, the appropriate Certificate (Tawjihi)
stream

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Applied Secondary Education
 The Vocational training corporation manages the applied
secondary education in Jordan.
 Provides intensive vocational training and apprenticeship
 A certificate of completion of the vocational
training/apprenticeship is awarded.

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Universities in Jordan
Bachelor programmes Master’s programme is Doctorate degree is of 3-
generally are of 4 years of 1-2 years duration and 5 years, depending on
duration; in the field of requires completion of the field of study.
engineering, dentistry the bachelor degree
and pharmacy are 5 programme. Some of the
years, and 6 years in the universities in Jordan follow
French and German degree
field of medicine. system. The French system leads
to a DEA degree, while the
German system awards a
Magister degree.

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 Higher Education in Jordan
• Students who have the general secondary education
certificate are qualified for admission to higher education in
Jordan.
• Offered by public as well private higher education
institutions, which are community colleges and universities.

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Teacher Education
 Teacher education falls under the
university system.

 All teachers must get a bachelor

degree.

 Secondary teachers must hold a higher

diploma in education along with the
bachelor’s degree.

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Community colleges

2-year intermediate-level programmes,

and prepare students for middle-level
professions.

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 Queen Rania (Queen consort of
Jordan)
"If you educate a woman, you educate
a family, if you educate a girl, you
educate the future."

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Credits
Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free:
+ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
+ https://www.jordaneducation.info/education-system/jordan-education-overview.html
+ https://www.k12academics.com/Education%20Worldwide/Education%20in%20Jordan/e
ducation-management-system
+ https://www.moe.gov.jo/en/node/19404

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