# Ministry of Education (Jordan)

The Ministry of Education (Arabic: وزارة التربية والتعليم) in Jordan is a critical government body responsible for developing and administering educational policies and programs throughout the Kingdom. The ministry's mandate is to "ensure the provision of quality education from the early years through secondary education."
The Ministry of Education is currently led by Minister Azmi Mahafzah.
The Ministry of Education in Jordan is located at Suleiman al-Nabulsi Street, next to the Martyr King Abdullah the Founder Mosque, Building Number 1, with a P.O. Box number 1646.

## History and structure

The Ministry of Education was established in its current form in 1956, although its roots date back to earlier efforts to formalize education in Jordan during the Emirate of Transjordan in 1921. The ministry operates under the leadership of the Minister of Education, who oversees various departments responsible for different aspects of the educational system, including curriculum development, teacher training, and school administration.

### Ministers of Education

This table includes all the Jordanian Ministers of Education along with their respective dates of taking office and leaving office:
List of Jordanian Ministers of Education :
| No. | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Mazhar Raslan | April 11, 1921 | June 23, 1921 | 73 days |
| 2 | Adib Hussein Wahbeh | August 8, 1921 | July 3, 1923 | 1 year, 329 days |
| 3 | Ali Bey Khalki | September 5, 1923 | May 3, 1924 | 241 days |
| 4 | Adib Hussein Wahbeh | September 12, 1924 | September 25, 1935 | 11 years, 13 days |
| 5 | Ahmad Alawi Al-Saqqaf | December 6, 1939 | September 24, 1940 | 293 days |
| 6 | Ahmad Alawi Al-Saqqaf | September 24, 1940 | July 29, 1941 | 308 days |
| 7 | Samir Al-Rifai | July 29, 1941 | December 6, 1942 | 1 year, 130 days |
| 8 | Ahmad Alawi Al-Saqqaf | December 6, 1942 | May 9, 1943 | 154 days |
| 9 | Samir Al-Rifai | May 9, 1943 | October 30, 1943 | 174 days |
| 10 | Mohammad Al-Ansi | October 30, 1943 | July 13, 1944 | 257 days |
| 11 | Ahmad Alawi Al-Saqqaf | July 13, 1944 | October 14, 1944 | 93 days |
| 12 | Sheikh Fahmi Hashim | October 14, 1944 | May 18, 1945 | 216 days |
| 13 | Sheikh Fahmi Hashim | May 18, 1945 | September 8, 1946 | 1 year, 113 days |
| 14 | Mohammad Al-Shariki | September 8, 1946 | February 4, 1947 | 149 days |
| 15 | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti | February 4, 1947 | December 27, 1947 | 326 days |
| 16 | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti | December 27, 1947 | May 3, 1949 | 1 year, 127 days |
| 17 | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti | May 7, 1949 | April 12, 1950 | 340 days |
| 18 | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti | April 12, 1950 | October 14, 1950 | 185 days |
| 19 | Ahmad Toukan | October 14, 1950 | December 4, 1950 | 51 days |
| 20 | Ahmad Touqan | December 4, 1950 | July 25, 1951 | 233 days |
| 21 | Rouhi Abdul Hadi | July 25, 1951 | September 7, 1951 | 44 days |
| 22 | Rouhi Abdul Hadi | September 7, 1951 | September 30, 1952 | 1 year, 23 days |
| 23 | Abdul Halim Al-Nimr | September 30, 1952 | May 5, 1953 | 217 days |
| 24 | Ahmad Toukan | May 5, 1953 | May 2, 1954 | 362 days |
| 25 | Anwar Nuseibeh | May 2, 1954 | October 21, 1954 | 172 days |
| 26 | Anwar Nuseibeh | October 24, 1954 | May 28, 1955 | 216 days |
| 27 | Saeed Aladdin | May 30, 1955 | December 14, 1955 | 198 days |
| 28 | Omar Al-Saleh Al-Barghouti | December 14, 1955 | December 21, 1955 | 7 days |
| 29 | Fawzi Mulki | December 21, 1955 | January 8, 1956 | 18 days |
| 30 | Dhaifallah Al-Hamoud | January 9, 1956 | April 1, 1956 | 83 days |
| 31 | Dhaifallah Al-Hamoud | April 1, 1956 | May 20, 1956 | 49 days |
| 32 | Fawzi Mulki | May 22, 1956 | July 1, 1956 | 40 days |
| 33 | Saeed Aladdin | July 1, 1956 | October 29, 1956 | 120 days |
| 34 | Shafiq Arshidat | October 29, 1956 | April 10, 1957 | 163 days |
| 35 | Fawzi Mulki | April 15, 1957 | April 24, 1957 | 9 days |
| 36 | Khulusi Al-Khairi | April 25, 1957 | July 12, 1957 | 78 days |
| 37 | Jamal Touqan | July 15, 1957 | August 25, 1957 | 41 days |
| 38 | Ali Al-Hindawi (acting) | August 27, 1957 | October 21, 1957 | 55 days |
| 39 | Ahmad Al-Tarawneh | October 22, 1957 | May 18, 1958 | 208 days |
| 40 | Ahmad Al-Tarawneh | May 18, 1958 | July 10, 1958 | 53 days |
| 41 | Sheikh Mohammad Ali Al-Ja'abari | July 10, 1958 | January 28, 1959 | 202 days |
| 42 | Riyadh Al-Muflah | January 28, 1959 | May 6, 1959 | 98 days |
| 43 | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti | May 6, 1959 | August 29, 1960 | 1 year, 115 days |
| 44 | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti | August 29, 1960 | June 28, 1961 | 303 days |
| 45 | Rafiq Al-Husseini | June 28, 1961 | November 5, 1961 | 130 days |
| 46 | Bashir Al-Sabbagh | November 5, 1961 | January 27, 1962 | 83 days |
| 47 | Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Qattan | January 27, 1962 | December 2, 1962 | 309 days |
| 48 | Abdulwahab Al-Majali | December 2, 1962 | March 27, 1963 | 115 days |
| 49 | Hassan Al-Kayed | March 27, 1963 | April 21, 1963 | 25 days |
| 50 | Hassan Al-Kayed | April 21, 1963 | July 9, 1963 | 79 days |
| 51 | Hassan Al-Kayed | July 9, 1963 | October 31, 1963 | 114 days |
| 52 | Bashir Al-Sabbagh | October 31, 1963 | July 6, 1964 | 249 days |
| 53 | Bashir Al-Sabbagh | July 6, 1964 | February 13, 1965 | 222 days |
| 54 | Abdel Latif Abdeen | February 13, 1965 | July 31, 1965 | 168 days |
| 55 | Thouqan Hindawi | July 31, 1965 | December 25, 1966 | 1 year, 147 days |
| 56 | Abdulwahab Al-Majali | December 22, 1966 | March 4, 1967 | 72 days |
| 57 | Thouqan Hindawi | March 4, 1967 | April 23, 1967 | 50 days |
| 58 | Thouqan Hindawi | April 23, 1967 | August 2, 1967 | 101 days |
| 59 | Thouqan Hindawi | August 2, 1967 | October 7, 1967 | 66 days |
| 60 | Mohammad Adeeb Al-Ameri | October 7, 1967 | April 25, 1968 | 201 days |
| 61 | Bashir Al-Sabbagh | April 25, 1968 | March 14, 1968 | −42 days |
| 62 | Thouqan Hindawi | March 24, 1969 | July 13, 1969 | 111 days |
| 63 | Thouqan Hindawi | August 13, 1969 | April 20, 1970 | 250 days |
| 64 | Thouqan Hindawi | April 20, 1970 | June 28, 1970 | 69 days |
| 65 | Thouqan Hindawi | June 28, 1970 | September 15, 1970 | 79 days |
| 66 | Ibrahim Sayel | September 16, 1970 | September 26, 1970 | 10 days |
| 67 | Abdulmajid Al-Sharideh | September 26, 1970 | October 28, 1970 | 32 days |
| 68 | Ishaq Al-Farhan | October 28, 1970 | May 26, 1973 | 2 years, 210 days |
| 69 | Mudar Badran | May 27, 1973 | November 23, 1974 | 1 year, 180 days |
| 70 | Thouqan Hindawi | November 24, 1974 | July 12, 1976 | 1 year, 231 days |
| 71 | Thouqan Hindawi | July 12, 1976 | November 27, 1976 | 138 days |
| 72 | Abdullah Al-Majali | November 27, 1976 | December 18, 1979 | 3 years, 21 days |
| 73 | Mohammad Nouri Shafiq | December 19, 1979 | August 27, 1980 | 252 days |
| 74 | Sa'id Al-Tall | August 28, 1980 | January 10, 1981 | 135 days |
| 75 | Hikmat Al-Saket | January 10, 1984 | April 4, 1985 | 1 year, 84 days |
| 76 | Abdulwahab Al-Majali | April 4, 1985 | October 4, 1986 | 1 year, 183 days |
| 77 | Thouqan Hindawi | October 4, 1986 | April 24, 1989 | 2 years, 202 days |
| 78 | Abdullah Ensour | April 27, 1989 | August 30, 1989 | 125 days |
| 79 | Adnan Badran | September 2, 1989 | December 6, 1989 | 95 days |
| 80 | Mohammad Hamdan | December 7, 1989 | June 18, 1990 | 193 days |
| 81 | Abdullah Al-Akayleh | June 18, 1990 | June 19, 1991 | 1 year, 1 day |
| 82 | Eid Dahiyat | June 19, 1991 | November 21, 1991 | 155 days |
| 83 | Thouqan Hindawi | November 21, 1991 | May 29, 1993 | 1 year, 189 days |
| 84 | Khaled Al-Omari | May 29, 1993 | June 7, 1994 | 1 year, 9 days |
| 85 | Abdelraouf Rawabdeh | June 8, 1994 | March 14, 1995 | 279 days |
| 86 | Jawad Anani | March 14, 1995 | September 19, 1995 | 189 days |
| 87 | Marwan Muasher | September 20, 1995 | January 3, 1996 | 105 days |
| 88 | Ahmad Obeidat | January 3, 1996 | February 18, 1998 | 2 years, 46 days |
| 89 | Mohammad Hamdan | February 18, 1998 | 1999 | 317 days |
| 90 | Fawzi Gharaibeh | 1999 | 1999 | 364 days |
| 91 | Izzat Jaradat | April 1999 | 18 June 2000 | 1 year, 78 days |
| 92 | Khaled Toukan | June 2000 | November 2007 | 7 years, 182 days |
| 93 | Tayseer Al-Noaimi | November 2007 | June 2009 | 1 year, 241 days |
| 94 | Walid Maani | 2009 | 14 December 2009 | 347 days |
| 95 | Ibrahim Badran | December 14, 2009 | July 28, 2010 | 226 days |
| 96 | Khaled Al-Karaki | November 24, 2010 | February 1, 2011 | 69 days |
| 97 | Tayseer Al-Noaimi | January 1, 2011 | October 31, 2011 | 303 days |
| 98 | Eid Al-Dahiyat | October 1, 2011 | April 30, 2012 | 212 days |
| 99 | Fayez Al-Saudi | April 1, 2012 | October 31, 2012 | 213 days |
| 100 | Wajih Owais | October 1, 2012 | March 31, 2013 | 181 days |
| 101 | Mohammad Juma'a Al-Wahsh | March 1, 2013 | August 31, 2013 | 183 days |
| 102 | Mohammad Thneibat | August 1, 2013 | January 31, 2017 | 3 years, 183 days |
| 103 | Omar Razzaz | January 1, 2017 | June 30, 2018 | 1 year, 180 days |
| 104 | Azmi Mahafzah | June 14, 2018 | November 28, 2018 | 167 days |
| 105 | Bassam Talhouni | November 1, 2018 | January 31, 2019 | 91 days |
| 106 | Walid Maani | January 1, 2019 | October 31, 2019 | 303 days |
| 107 | Tayseer Al-Noaimi | October 1, 2019 | March 31, 2021 | 1 year, 181 days |
| 108 | Mohammad Khair Ahmad Abu Qudais | March 1, 2021 | October 31, 2021 | 244 days |
| 109 | Wajih Owais | October 1, 2021 | October 31, 2022 | 1 year, 30 days |
| 110 | Azmi Mahafzah | October 31, 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 11 days |

### Tawjihi examination

The Tawjihi is a pivotal national exam taken by students at the end of their secondary education. It is a comprehensive test that determines eligibility for higher education institutions in Jordan.

### Higher education and vocational training

Upon passing the Tawjihi, students can pursue higher education in public or private universities, or opt for vocational training. The Ministry of Education also ensures the equivalency of foreign educational qualifications to the Tawjihi, enabling students with international backgrounds to integrate into the Jordanian educational system.

## Educational system

The Jordanian educational system is structured into three main levels:
* Pre-school Education: This includes kindergarten and other early childhood education programs.
* Basic Education: This compulsory stage lasts for 10 years, beginning at age 6. It aims to provide students with fundamental skills in literacy, numeracy, and critical thinking.
* Secondary Education: After completing basic education, students enter secondary education, which spans two years and culminates in the General Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (Tawjihi).