Ministry keen on safe return to in-class learning in schools this month — Oweis

AMMAN — The Ministry of Education is keen on providing a safe and healthy environment to ensure the return of in-person education on February 20, Education Minister Wajih Oweis said on Saturday.

During a meeting of the ministry’s planning committee over the immunisation campaign for students and schools’ readiness for the second semester, Oweis emphasised the necessity of following up on the drive.

Oweis noted that the ministry has launched a campaign to encourage school students to get vaccinated, adhere to health precautionary measures and abide by defence orders related to public health, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The ministry, in cooperation with the ministries of health and digital economy, as well as the National Centre for Security and Crisis Management, is recording infections among students and administrative staff, he said, noting that concerted efforts are needed to flatten the epidemic curve, which is rising these days.

Nawaf Ajarmeh and Najwa Qubeilat, the ministry’s secretary generals, affirmed schools’ readiness to receive the students on February 20, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. 

Tawjihi (the General Secondary Education Certificate Examination) and international  progammes students returned to in-person learning earlier this month.