AMMAN — The Cabinet approved a bylaw for regulating
the practice of student political party affiliation at higher education
institutions across the Kingdom, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
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It said the
Cabinet decision came in a session on Sunday, headed by Prime Minister Bisher
Al-Khasawneh.
For the first
time in Jordan’s history, a bylaw is issued to regulate conduct of student
partisan activities in higher education institutions.
The bylaw’s
approval comes within the framework of the Jordan’s political modernization
system, which was launched at the beginning of Jordan’s bicentennial, and is
based on the Political Parties Law that was previously endorsed within this
process.
Commenting on
the Cabinet’s decision, Minister of Education, Minister of Higher Education and
Scientific Research Azmi Al-Mahafzah said the approval of the bylaw “reflects
the will of the Jordanian state to move forward with the political modernization
plan”.
The decision
also exhibits the government’s fulfillment of its duty towards creating the
necessary environment for practicing programmed partisan activities, he said.
Mahafzah said
the bylaw is a translation of Royal visions, and an implementation of His
Majesty King Abdullah’s directives, during his recent meeting with the heads of
official and private Jordanian universities.
The move also
comes following a meeting by HRH Crown Prince Hussein with the deans of student
affairs in public and private universities, he noted.
For the first
time, he pinpointed, a bylaw aims to provide a “safe” space for practicing
partisan activities in Jordan’s universities, without restrictions as long as
the activity is in compliance with the provisions of the bylaw.
University
students, he noted, have a “golden” opportunity to be part of making Jordan’s
political and partisan future, in line with the outcome of the political
modernization process, which confirmed the youth’s pivotal role in partisan and
political life.
Going forward,
no university student will be questioned over partisan work in Jordan’s
universities and colleges, he said. He noted that that all higher education
institutions must amend their internal regulations and instructions in
accordance with the bylaw’s articles.
Within this
context, he said these institutions need to educate and stimulate students to
engage in party-based program work aimed at serving the country and citizens.
The bylaw is in line
with the best practices implemented by many higher education institutions
across the world, which aim to avoid tampering with the educational process,
preserving its neutrality, and retaining university faculty and administrative
staff.
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