AMMAN — The
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research said on Tuesday that the number of students who were unable
to enter the campus at all public and private Jordanian universities and
colleges since Defense Order 35 came into force on January 1, amounted to a
total of 42,137 students.
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The Ministry added that 26,363 students have
been vaccinated with at least one dose since the beginning of this year,
however Defense Order 35 specifically mandated two doses, indicating that
receiving one dose was not sufficient to determine entry.
Some 6,648 students from the group of 26,363
students have received only one dose, while the Ministry has confirmed that the
remaining 19,714 of them have rectified their situation since then, and have
now received the two doses, which was confirmed by their respective educational
institutions.
Currently, there are 22,423 students in total
who are disallowed from entering their university campuses due to their
non-compliance with
Defense Order 35’s provisions. These non-compliant students
constitute 6.4 percent of the total number of students enrolled in public and
private Jordanian universities. The total number of students who are enrolled
in all Jordanian higher education schools is 348,572 male and female students, according
to the Ministry.
The total number of faculty members,
administrators, and students from both public and private universities in the
Kingdom exceeds 377,000 people, and the ministry stated that 95 percent of all
those individuals received at least one dose. It also said that the number of
people in the higher education sector, encompassing administrators, faculty
members, and students, who have received a third dose is 12,336 people,
comprising 3.3 percent of all faculty members and students in all public and
private universities and colleges.
Students who may have missed an exam due to
their non-compliant vaccine status were asked to proceed with the second dose,
and once they have done so to contact their school officials with proof of the
vaccine and excuse of absence from the exam to schedule a makeup test.
Dean of Student Affairs at
Petra University Fathi
Faouri told
Jordan News that the
latest data at his university shows that 95 percent of all individuals, including
staff and students have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, praising
the university’s compliance with the government's defense orders.
“We are in full support of the government’s
policies, because the health and safety of our students is at the top of all
our priorities. Non-complying students at our universities can expect that
their exams will be postponed,” Faouri said.
He said however that although those students
were not allowed on campus, they have not been completely isolated from their
studies and have been allowed access to their respective professors to ask any
academic related questions.
Nawzat Abu Al-Asal, director of the Department
of Public Relations and Media at
Yarmouk University told
Jordan News, that last week, nearly 3,000 students have rectified
their situation and have taken the two doses.
“We hope that the percentage of students who are vaccinated at our university
will increase in the coming weeks.”
According to Abu Al-Asal, “students who have
not taken two vaccine doses are not allowed to attend classes physically, but
their ability to attend classes online depends on the specific course, since
some courses have online options, while others do not.”
She said that many students have complained
about being denied access to campus to attend classes and sit for exams, but
that the university stood firm in compliance with the defense orders. “They
have to understand that the university must follow these government
regulations.”
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