Mixed Responses in Jordan As Gov’t Sets New University Admission System

Mixed Responses in Jordan As Gov’t Sets New University Admission System

Minister of Higher Education Muhyiddine Touq said that the admissions into universities will now depend on the Tawjihi grade by 60 per cent only while the remaining 40 per cent will depend on the entrance exam's mark.

“This system was followed in Jordanian universities until 1989, until the Unified Admission System was adopted,” said Touq.

Mwafaq Malkawi, a noted cultural and education commentator, said in his column: “The source of confusion is due to the fact that we are not sure whether such a decision can actually achieve the justice that has been absent from university admissions for decades, or whether through it the door of injustice will be expanded, and other doors will be opened such as favouritism and corruption.”

Touq said when announcing the decision that "the new system is fairer