His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday issued instructions for the formation of a Royal consultative committee to provide entities overseeing the educational process in the Kingdom with ideas, plans and suggestions to serve as guidelines for developing domestic education strategies.
In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Nader Dahabi, His Majesty said the plans and suggestions to be presented by the committee will focus on enhancing intellectual development among students and teachers by upgrading and computerising curricula, enhancing teaching methods, ensuring equal educational opportunities and high quality education, as well as encouraging a culture of creativity and excellence among students.
King Abdullah entrusted Philadelphia University President Marwan Kamal with presiding over the committee, which comprises several experts and specialists in the field of education.
In the letter, King Abdullah said the Jordanian education sector is characterised by its ability to graduate excelling young people who have contributed to the advancement of the Kingdom.
As the local education sector has developed and progressed, many Arab and foreign countries are now seeking to benefit from the country's expertise in the field of education, King Abdullah added.
His Majesty said the Kingdom has realised several achievements over the past years in the education field, especially in terms of upgrading educational infrastructure, computerisation of schools, increasing enrolment rates in kindergartens and decreasing illiteracy.
In light of global developments and changes in work and production methods, it has become imperative to develop the intellectual and mental capacity of students and enhance a culture of creativity and excellence among them, a task primarily that of the public education sector, King Abdullah said.
He added that creating effective partnerships between the private sector and local communities on one hand, and public educational institutions on the other, is an essential step to support educational reform and upgrade programmes.
Committee members:
- Marwan Kamal, as president
- Minister of Labour
- Minister of Education
- Leila Sharaf
- Mohammad Hamdan
- Wajih Oweis
- Ibrahim Badran
- Amjad Qursheh
- Ahmad Majdoubeh
- Abla Zreiqat
- Randa Ayoubi
- Saed Karajeh