Not one student in 349 Jordanian schools passed critical exam
The high failure rates of the General Secondary Educational Certification Exam, or Tawjihi, raised a debate in Jordan about the efficiency of the Education Ministry, the unqualified teachers and the high number of Syrian children attending Jordanian schools.
AMMAN, Jordan — Controversy has erupted in Jordan after the Ministry of Education announced on Aug. 1 the poor results from this summer’s General Secondary Educational Certification Exam, or Tawjihi.
Mohammad Abu Ghazleh, a senior educational ministry official, acknowledged that not one student in 349 Jordanian schools passed the critical Tawjihi test. Nationwide, 29,451 students failed the exam this summer, while 20,521 students passed.
Speaking at the 2015 Educational Development Conference, Prime Minister Abdulah Ensour admitted Aug. 1 in Amman that Jordanians have “ignored quality education for decades now and focused on the issue of quantity.”
Musa Shtewi, director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan, told Al-Monitor, “This is a very strong indication of the failure of the educational system and has to be treated urgently. Obviously, not much has been done to deal with this issue at all.”
