Amman – The Ministry of Education on Saturday announced the General Secondary School Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) summer session results for the 2010 academic year and names of the top 10 students in the various academic and vocational streams.
Deputy Premier and Minister of Education Khaled Karaki told a press conference that 118,031 students sat the exam, 86,209 of them regular students in the academic and vocational streams and 31,822 from private education.
He said 39,189 out of 68,669 regular academic students who sat the exam, or 57.
1%, had passed while 2,763 out of a total of 7,590 vocational students had passed, a percentage of 34.9.
Karaki said 6,501 students out of a total of 18,630 private academic education students who sat the examination had passed, a ratio of 34.9%.
Asked about a ministry plan to address a shortage of teaching staff in public schools, particularly male science teachers, Karaki said the ministry would rely on retired teachers and university high studies students according to set procedures.
© Jordan News Agency – Petra 2010
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