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School students across the Kingdom will begin remote schooling for two weeks starting Thursday, September 17, Minister of Education Tayseer Nuaimi told journalists at the Prim Ministry Monday.   The government’s decision to suspend traditional classes will exclude Tawjihi students, the last stage of school education, Nuaimi said, adding that classrooms’ capacity should be capped at 20 students.   Also

Governor of Madaba, Ali Madi, has announced on Sunday, that two schools, one public and the other private, were shut down in the city of Madaba, after two Covid-19 cases were registered.   Speaking to “Petra,” the governor said closure of the two schools was taken after a high school student and a driver in the private school, have tested

Amman, The University of Jordan (JU) Saturday denied as “baseless” news reports on referring students at the university to investigation for expressing their opinions on normalizing ties with Israel. “Reports circulating on social media from student groups are untrue,” the JU said in a statement. “The students were referred to investigation committees on charges of insulting and defamation the university,

Unemployment among Jordanians rose by 3.8 percent in the second quarter of the current year to reach 23 percent, according to official figures.   The unemployment rate among males and females during the April-July period stood at 21.5 and 28.6 percent respectively, the Department of Statistics revealed on Tuesday.   The data also showed that 26.6 of university degree holders

The Ministry of Education is allowing for the suspension of classes in schools Sunday amid fears on the well being of students amid record high temperatures.   The decision to suspend school classes will be left to the discretion of the Ministry’s field directors and administrative governors. School Faculties are excluded from the decision to allow for the preparations and

The Ministry of Education, on Friday, decided to close two schools in Southern Shuna, and Baqa’a district, Balqa governorate, after two COVID-19 cases were reported in these educational institutions.   Students will switch to online learning for home for the coming two weeks, using the ministry’s official distant learning online platform, Darsak, and official TV channels, the ministry said.