Over 2.1 million students to return to schools – Roya News English

  • Date: 16-Feb-2022
  • Source: Roya News
  • Sector:Education
  • Country:Jordan
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Over 2.1 million students to return to schools – Roya News English

A total of 2.177 million students across the Kingdom will return to their schools on Sunday, Feb. 20.

The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Education for Administrative and Financial Affairs Najwa Qubeilat said Tuesday the Ministry is keen to resume in-person education in schools, and at the same time preserve the health of students and teachers by following the health protocol in coordination with the Health Ministry and the National Center for Security and Crisis Management (NCSCM).

Qubeilat told the Jordan News Agency (Petra) that 198,244 students aged between 12 and 17, received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, while 145,806 students of the same age group received the second dose.