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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.
Syrian refugee children attend class in a UNICEF school at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria March 11, 2015. Nearly four million people have fled Syria since 2011, when anti-government protests turned into a violent civil war. Jordan says it is sheltering around 1.3 million refugees.  REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT SOCIETY IMMIGRATION EDUCATION) - RTR4SZK1

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.

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