Ministry of Education (Jordan)

Ministry of Educationوزارة التربية والتعليم
وزارة التربية والتعليم

Emblem of Jordan

Agency overview
Formed| 1921 (1921) Wizarat al-Ma'arif (وزارة المعارف)[1]
1956 (1956) Wizarat ạl-Tarbiah w al-Ta'lim (وزارة التربية والتعليم)
Jurisdiction| Government of Jordan
Headquarters| Al Abdali, Amman, Jordan
Minister responsible|

* Azmi Mahafzah

Agency executive|

* Minister of Education

The Ministry of Education (Arabic: وزارة التربية والتعليم) in Jordan is a critical government body responsible for developing and administering educational policies and programs throughout the Kingdom. The ministry's mandate is to "ensure the provision of quality education from the early years through secondary education."[2]

The Ministry of Education is currently led by Minister Azmi Mahafzah.[3][4]

The Ministry of Education in Jordan is located at Suleiman al-Nabulsi Street, next to the Martyr King Abdullah the Founder Mosque, Building Number 1, with a P.O. Box number 1646.[5]

## History and structure

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The Ministry of Education was established in its current form in 1956, although its roots date back to earlier efforts to formalize education in Jordan during the Emirate of Transjordan in 1921. The ministry operates under the leadership of the Minister of Education, who oversees various departments responsible for different aspects of the educational system, including curriculum development, teacher training, and school administration.

### Ministers of Education

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This table includes all the Jordanian Ministers of Education along with their respective dates of taking office and leaving office:[6]

List of Jordanian Ministers of Education  No.  | Minister  | Took office  | Left office  | Time in office

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1  | Mazhar Raslan | April 11, 1921  | June 23, 1921  | 73 days
2  | Adib Hussein Wahbeh  | August 8, 1921  | July 3, 1923  | 1 year, 329 days
3  | Ali Bey Khalki  | September 5, 1923  | May 3, 1924  | 241 days
4  | Adib Hussein Wahbeh  | September 12, 1924  | September 25, 1935  | 11 years, 13 days
5  | Ahmad Alawi Al-Saqqaf  | December 6, 1939  | September 24, 1940  | 293 days
6  | Ahmad Alawi Al-Saqqaf  | September 24, 1940  | July 29, 1941  | 308 days
7  | Samir Al-Rifai | July 29, 1941  | December 6, 1942  | 1 year, 130 days
8  | Ahmad Alawi Al-Saqqaf  | December 6, 1942  | May 9, 1943  | 154 days
9  | Samir Al-Rifai | May 9, 1943  | October 30, 1943  | 174 days
10  | Mohammad Al-Ansi  | October 30, 1943  | July 13, 1944  | 257 days
11  | Ahmad Alawi Al-Saqqaf  | July 13, 1944  | October 14, 1944  | 93 days
12  | Sheikh Fahmi Hashim  | October 14, 1944  | May 18, 1945  | 216 days
13  | Sheikh Fahmi Hashim  | May 18, 1945  | September 8, 1946  | 1 year, 113 days
14  | Mohammad Al-Shariki  | September 8, 1946  | February 4, 1947  | 149 days
15  | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti  | February 4, 1947  | December 27, 1947  | 326 days
16  | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti  | December 27, 1947  | May 3, 1949  | 1 year, 127 days
17  | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti  | May 7, 1949  | April 12, 1950  | 340 days
18  | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti  | April 12, 1950  | October 14, 1950  | 185 days
19  | Ahmad Toukan | October 14, 1950  | December 4, 1950  | 51 days
20  | Ahmad Touqan | December 4, 1950  | July 25, 1951  | 233 days
21  | Rouhi Abdul Hadi  | July 25, 1951  | September 7, 1951  | 44 days
22  | Rouhi Abdul Hadi  | September 7, 1951  | September 30, 1952  | 1 year, 23 days
23  | Abdul Halim Al-Nimr  | September 30, 1952  | May 5, 1953  | 217 days
24  | Ahmad Toukan | May 5, 1953  | May 2, 1954  | 362 days
25  | Anwar Nuseibeh | May 2, 1954  | October 21, 1954  | 172 days
26  | Anwar Nuseibeh | October 24, 1954  | May 28, 1955  | 216 days
27  | Saeed Aladdin  | May 30, 1955  | December 14, 1955  | 198 days
28  | Omar Al-Saleh Al-Barghouti  | December 14, 1955  | December 21, 1955  | 7 days
29  | Fawzi Mulki | December 21, 1955  | January 8, 1956  | 18 days
30  | Dhaifallah Al-Hamoud  | January 9, 1956  | April 1, 1956  | 83 days
31  | Dhaifallah Al-Hamoud  | April 1, 1956  | May 20, 1956  | 49 days
32  | Fawzi Mulki | May 22, 1956  | July 1, 1956  | 40 days
33  | Saeed Aladdin  | July 1, 1956  | October 29, 1956  | 120 days
34  | Shafiq Arshidat  | October 29, 1956  | April 10, 1957  | 163 days
35  | Fawzi Mulki | April 15, 1957  | April 24, 1957  | 9 days
36  | Khulusi Al-Khairi  | April 25, 1957  | July 12, 1957  | 78 days
37  | Jamal Touqan  | July 15, 1957  | August 25, 1957  | 41 days
38  | Ali Al-Hindawi (acting) | August 27, 1957  | October 21, 1957  | 55 days
39  | Ahmad Al-Tarawneh  | October 22, 1957  | May 18, 1958  | 208 days
40  | Ahmad Al-Tarawneh  | May 18, 1958  | July 10, 1958  | 53 days
41  | Sheikh Mohammad Ali Al-Ja'abari  | July 10, 1958  | January 28, 1959  | 202 days
42  | Riyadh Al-Muflah  | January 28, 1959  | May 6, 1959  | 98 days
43  | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti  | May 6, 1959  | August 29, 1960  | 1 year, 115 days
44  | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti  | August 29, 1960  | June 28, 1961  | 303 days
45  | Rafiq Al-Husseini  | June 28, 1961  | November 5, 1961  | 130 days
46  | Bashir Al-Sabbagh  | November 5, 1961  | January 27, 1962  | 83 days
47  | Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Qattan  | January 27, 1962  | December 2, 1962  | 309 days
48  | Abdulwahab Al-Majali  | December 2, 1962  | March 27, 1963  | 115 days
49  | Hassan Al-Kayed  | March 27, 1963  | April 21, 1963  | 25 days
50  | Hassan Al-Kayed  | April 21, 1963  | July 9, 1963  | 79 days
51  | Hassan Al-Kayed  | July 9, 1963  | October 31, 1963  | 114 days
52  | Bashir Al-Sabbagh  | October 31, 1963  | July 6, 1964  | 249 days
53  | Bashir Al-Sabbagh  | July 6, 1964  | February 13, 1965  | 222 days
54  | Abdel Latif Abdeen  | February 13, 1965  | July 31, 1965  | 168 days
55  | Thouqan Hindawi | July 31, 1965  | December 25, 1966  | 1 year, 147 days
56  | Abdulwahab Al-Majali  | December 22, 1966  | March 4, 1967  | 72 days
57  | Thouqan Hindawi | March 4, 1967  | April 23, 1967  | 50 days
58  | Thouqan Hindawi | April 23, 1967  | August 2, 1967  | 101 days
59  | Thouqan Hindawi | August 2, 1967  | October 7, 1967  | 66 days
60  | Mohammad Adeeb Al-Ameri  | October 7, 1967  | April 25, 1968  | 201 days
61  | Bashir Al-Sabbagh  | April 25, 1968  | March 14, 1968  | −42 days
62  | Thouqan Hindawi | March 24, 1969  | July 13, 1969  | 111 days
63  | Thouqan Hindawi | August 13, 1969  | April 20, 1970  | 250 days
64  | Thouqan Hindawi | April 20, 1970  | June 28, 1970  | 69 days
65  | Thouqan Hindawi | June 28, 1970  | September 15, 1970  | 79 days
66  | Ibrahim Sayel  | September 16, 1970  | September 26, 1970  | 10 days
67  | Abdulmajid Al-Sharideh  | September 26, 1970  | October 28, 1970  | 32 days
68  | Ishaq Al-Farhan | October 28, 1970  | May 26, 1973  | 2 years, 210 days
69  | Mudar Badran | May 27, 1973  | November 23, 1974  | 1 year, 180 days
70  | Thouqan Hindawi | November 24, 1974  | July 12, 1976  | 1 year, 231 days
71  | Thouqan Hindawi | July 12, 1976  | November 27, 1976  | 138 days
72  | Abdullah Al-Majali  | November 27, 1976  | December 18, 1979  | 3 years, 21 days
73  | Mohammad Nouri Shafiq  | December 19, 1979  | August 27, 1980  | 252 days
74  | Sa'id Al-Tall  | August 28, 1980  | January 10, 1981  | 135 days
75  | Hikmat Al-Saket  | January 10, 1984  | April 4, 1985  | 1 year, 84 days
76  | Abdulwahab Al-Majali  | April 4, 1985  | October 4, 1986  | 1 year, 183 days
77  | Thouqan Hindawi | October 4, 1986  | April 24, 1989  | 2 years, 202 days
78  | Abdullah Ensour | April 27, 1989  | August 30, 1989  | 125 days
79  | Adnan Badran | September 2, 1989  | December 6, 1989  | 95 days
80  | Mohammad Hamdan  | December 7, 1989  | June 18, 1990  | 193 days
81  | Abdullah Al-Akayleh  | June 18, 1990  | June 19, 1991  | 1 year, 1 day
82  | Eid Dahiyat | June 19, 1991  | November 21, 1991  | 155 days
83  | Thouqan Hindawi | November 21, 1991  | May 29, 1993  | 1 year, 189 days
84  | Khaled Al-Omari  | May 29, 1993  | June 7, 1994  | 1 year, 9 days
85  | Abdelraouf Rawabdeh | June 8, 1994  | March 14, 1995  | 279 days
86  | Jawad Anani | March 14, 1995  | September 19, 1995  | 189 days
87  | Marwan Muasher | September 20, 1995  | January 3, 1996  | 105 days
88  | Ahmad Obeidat | January 3, 1996  | February 18, 1998  | 2 years, 46 days
89  | Mohammad Hamdan  | February 18, 1998  | 1999  | 317 days
90  | Fawzi Gharaibeh | 1999  | 1999  | 364 days
91  | Izzat Jaradat  | April 1999  | 18 June 2000  | 1 year, 78 days
92  | Khaled Toukan | June 2000  | November 2007  | 7 years, 182 days
93  | Tayseer Al-Noaimi  | November 2007  | June 2009  | 1 year, 241 days
94  | Walid Maani  | 2009  | 14 December 2009  | 347 days
95  | Ibrahim Badran  | December 14, 2009  | July 28, 2010  | 226 days
96  | Khaled Al-Karaki | November 24, 2010  | February 1, 2011  | 69 days
97  | Tayseer Al-Noaimi  | January 1, 2011  | October 31, 2011  | 303 days
98  | Eid Al-Dahiyat | October 1, 2011  | April 30, 2012  | 212 days
99  | Fayez Al-Saudi  | April 1, 2012  | October 31, 2012  | 213 days
100  | Wajih Owais | October 1, 2012  | March 31, 2013  | 181 days
101  | Mohammad Juma'a Al-Wahsh  | March 1, 2013  | August 31, 2013  | 183 days
102  | Mohammad Thneibat  | August 1, 2013  | January 31, 2017  | 3 years, 183 days
103  | Omar Razzaz | January 1, 2017  | June 30, 2018  | 1 year, 180 days
104  | Azmi Mahafzah | June 14, 2018  | November 28, 2018  | 167 days
105  | Bassam Talhouni | November 1, 2018  | January 31, 2019  | 91 days
106  | Walid Maani  | January 1, 2019  | October 31, 2019  | 303 days
107  | Tayseer Al-Noaimi  | October 1, 2019  | March 31, 2021  | 1 year, 181 days
108  | Mohammad Khair Ahmad Abu Qudais  | March 1, 2021  | October 31, 2021  | 244 days
109  | Wajih Owais | October 1, 2021  | October 31, 2022  | 1 year, 30 days
110  | Azmi Mahafzah | October 31, 2022  | Incumbent | 2 years, 118 days

### Tawjihi examination

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Main article: Tawjihi

The Tawjihi is a pivotal national exam taken by students at the end of their secondary education. It is a comprehensive test that determines eligibility for higher education institutions in Jordan.

### Higher education and vocational training

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Upon passing the Tawjihi, students can pursue higher education in public or private universities, or opt for vocational training. The Ministry of Education also ensures the equivalency of foreign educational qualifications to the Tawjihi, enabling students with international backgrounds to integrate into the Jordanian educational system.

## Educational system

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The Jordanian educational system is structured into three main levels:[7]

1. Pre-school Education: This includes kindergarten and other early childhood education programs.
2. Basic Education: This compulsory stage lasts for 10 years, beginning at age 6. It aims to provide students with fundamental skills in literacy, numeracy, and critical thinking.
3. Secondary Education: After completing basic education, students enter secondary education, which spans two years and culminates in the General Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (Tawjihi).

## See also

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* Education in Jordan

## References

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1. ^ "هل نريد العودة لوزارة المعارف (1921) أو التربية والتعليم (1956)". alrainewspaper (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-06-21.
2. ^ suhib (2016-10-10). "نهضة التعليم 1918 - 1946". Jordan Heritage. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
3. ^ "وزير التربية والتعليم | وزارة التربية والتعليم". moe.gov.jo. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
4. ^ "الرؤية والرسالة والقيم الجوهرية | وزارة التربية والتعليم". www.moe.gov.jo. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
5. ^ "Contact Information". portal.jordan.gov.jo. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
6. ^ "وزراء سابقون | وزارة التربية والتعليم". moe.gov.jo. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
7. ^ "نظام التعليم في الأردن | وزارة التربية والتعليم". www.moe.gov.jo. Retrieved 2024-06-21.

## External links

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* Official Website
* Information on education in Jordan, OECD \- Contains indicators and information about Jordan and how it compares to other OECD and non-OECD countries
* Vocational Education in Jordan, UNESCO-UNEVOC(2012)