Princess Basma visits Zarqa school for deaf students

AMMAN — HRH Princess Basma on Thursday attended an open day at Al Rajaa School for Deaf Students in Ruseifa, Zarqa, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. 

The open day at the school, which is supervised and managed by the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD), included several entertainment, awareness and cultural activities for the children and their parents.

Princess Basma also attended a panel that discussed means to improve education for deaf students at the school and listened to parents' comments and demands.

At the panel, also attended by Zarqa Governor Raed Odwan, Princess Basma noted that Al Rajaa School was one of JOHUD's first humanitarian initiatives, established in 1977.

During the open day, JOHUD and the Hello World Kids organisation signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at teaching coding and programming skills to Al Rajaa students. 

Some 140 girls and boys from Ruseifa, Amman and Zarqa study at the school.

Princess Basma also honoured Susan Teif, who was school principal from its establishment until 1998, Petra reported.

The school offers education from kindergarten to the General Secondary Education Examination Certificate stage for the scientific and literary streams.

Moreover, it provides educational services through a specialised cadre of 22 teachers offering systematic and extracurricular education, as well as free transportation.