TAWJIHI AS AN ADMISSION TEST TO UNIVERSITIES Ministry of Education 2009

HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATE The Tawjihi has been used as an attestation to the completion of high school. However all those who finished 12th grade and completed their school, have school records which show their performance.

HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATE So why the need for another test to do the same? Tawjihi has nothing to do with certifying completion of high schools

ACONDITION FOR EMPLOYMENT The civil service bylaws indicate that certain government posts can only be filled with those “who passed the Tawjihi”. Do they mean those “who completed high schools successfully?”

ATEST FOR EMPLOYMENT So if they meant completion of high school Then the Tawjihi is not required as a test for employment The Civil Service bylaws should be amended to reflect so.

Then If Tawjihi Is not attestation to completion of school OR Is not a test required for employment SO WHAT IS IT THEN? IT CAN NOT BE BUT AN UNIVERSITY ADMISSION TEST

HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION CERTIFICATE (HSCC) A high school completion certificate should be issued by the Ministry of Education to every student who finishes the 12th. grade. The student must have one transcript of his marks in the 11th. & 12th. grades, with minimum and maximum marks for individual subjects and for the total.

HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION CERTIFICATE (HSCC) This certificate could be used for employment by the public and private sectors This certificate may be used for admission to universities abroad This certificate will not admit the student to Jordanian universities

TAWJIHI AS AN ADMISSION TEST When universities look for students: They may require students pass a test They may require an interview They may require an essay OR They may just ask you to show proficiency in a number of subjects, for any selected field, according to a standardized test

TAWJIHI AS AN ADMISSION TEST The Council of Higher Education (CHE) with the help of the universities, will divide the fields of study into groups, like: Medical Engineering Basic sciences Humanities Social sciences The CHE will determine the number of studied and tested subjects for each group

TAWJIHI AS AN ADMISSION TEST The CHE will determine which common subjects should be studied and tested for all students in all groups, i.e., Arabic, English etc. (First Bundle) The CHE will determine which special subjects should be tested for each group, i.e., biology is required for the medical group but not for humanities (Second Bundle)

TAWJIHI AS AN ADMISSION TEST The Ministry of Education (MoE) will offer all subjects in its schools as determined by the universities. There shall be no streams, each student shall study subjects he will require when he submits his admission application to universities

TAWJIHI AS AN ADMISSION TEST The student should complete 12 years in school before submitting an application to universities He can study subjects in the 11th.and the 12th.Grades. He could repeat a subject as many times as he wishes until he thinks that he has accumulated the required numbers of subjects

TAWJIHI AS AN ADMISSION TEST The date of his Tawjihi should be the date of the last test he passed. The tests could be taken four times a year Admission to universities will continue to be, twice in summer and winter

UNIFIED ADMISSION Admission shall continue to be unified Admission must be to a group for which the student had collected the required subjects. A student may pick “as his first choice” any field in the group he selected.

THE 10TH. GRADE At the completion of this year the students shall sit for a test to direct them into 2 tracks: Academic who shall be able to go to the academic 11th.and 12th.grades and afterwards to university Vocational who will go to vocational 11th.and12th.grades and afterwards to community colleges.