Jordan calls for joint efforts to improve Arab education

AMMAN — The Arab Ministerial Committee concerned with studying the situation of education in the region discussed on Saturday ways to improve public education during a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Mohammad Thneibat, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Thneibat called for the reform of education in the Arab world through studied steps and stressed the need to unify some of the subjects throughout the Arab world, like the Arabic and English language, chemistry, physics and mathematics courses.

He said there are 6 million school-aged Arab children who are not receiving any education, while there are more than 70 million illiterate Arabs, citing international studies. The ministerial committee comprises members from Jordan, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Tunisia.