Education minister checks up on schools’ preparedness in Southern Badia, Maan

AMMAN — Minister of Education Mohammad Abu Qudais on Sunday checked on the preparedness to run Tawjihi exams and the upcoming scholastic year. 

During his inspection tour in Southern Badia and Maan education directorates, Abu Qudais instructed to consider building new schools to serve the residents of the areas, highlighting the need for expansions of a number of school buildings to save costs on rent and address the problem of crowded classrooms. 

The top official, during his field visit, highlighted the ministry’s efforts towards completing preparations for in-class education, noting that the ministry has commenced with developing an educational platform via a steering committee with the participation of university professors who have experience in e-learning. 

He pointed out that the Darsak platform will be part of the new platform.  

The envisioned platform will not be an alternative to in-class education, rather it would enhance e-learning as part of the education process, he added, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The minister added there are plans for compensating the academic loss resulting from the circumstances of imposed by the pandemic. These plans are scheduled to run from August 15 to September 15 and will focus on four main subjects: Mathematics, science, Arabic and English.