New professional practice system tackles issues in education career path

AMMAN — Minister of Education Omar Razzaz said that the professional practice system for the education sector, which is being prepared by the ministry in partnership with the Jordan Teachers Association (JTA), addresses many controversial issues in the current ministry's career path, and is "not related to teachers' performance, development or motivation".

He told the Jordan News Agency, Petra, that the new system is one of the recommendations of the National Strategy for Human Resource Development and has been approved by the JTA since 9 months, adding that the system will be effective as of the beginning of the next scholastic year once it is endorsed through the legal conventional channels.

The new system will provide a fast track for teacher promotion and enable teachers to discover their tendencies, talents and abilities before they decide to engage in educational leadership path, the minister added.