AMMAN —
Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Scientific Research Wajih Owais
said on Saturday that the decision of the Higher Education Council to not
introduce any new idle majors, aims at enabling university and college
graduates to obtain a vocational certificate in some specializations, thus
improving their chance of getting suitable job opportunities, according to
Al-Mamlaka TV.
اضافة اعلان
As for the
council’s decision regarding the gradual reduction of admissions to some
disciplines such as medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy, Owais said that these
majors are in high demand by high school graduates, at a time the number of
university graduates in these majors exceeds the needs of the labor market.
He added that the
council aims to absorb the maximum number of students in each discipline, and
to direct high school students to the technical and vocational disciplines
required by the labor market.
The council, he
added, wants to direct universities and intermediate colleges to develop new
specializations that are in demand locally, regionally, and globally.
Owais explained
that the decision to reduce admissions to all idle and saturated majors, as
mentioned in the report of the Civil Service Bureau, was based on supply and
demand indicators; it entails stopping admissions to 42 majors, either because
of breaches of the standards of special accreditation or because the numbers
exceed universities capacity.
He explained that
the process of reducing and stopping admission in some disciplines has
financial repercussions on universities, which puts educational institutions
and the Council before difficult challenges including ensuring an honest
academic process, and maintaining the continuity of the financial flow to
universities to meet their needs to prepare an appropriate learning environment
for students.
Read more National news
Jordan News
.jpg)
.jpg)
