Minister of Education, Mohammad Abu Qadis, said the ministry attaches “remarkable” attention to training pre-service teachers to raise their competencies and performance level, which emanates from the belief in the teacher’s “pivotal” role in improving the educational process in all its aspects.
Speaking at the inauguration on Thursday, of the technical workshop for the steering committee of the USAID Pre-Service Teacher Education in Jordan (PRESTIJ), Abu Qadis highlighted the Ministry’s keenness, through its strategic plan, to fill up all its needs of qualified teachers, who are “capable of bringing about the desired change” in the teaching and learning process.
Abu Qadis said the USAID program embodies the joint efforts made by the the Ministry, US agency and Queen Rania Academy and Jordanian universities, with the aim of raising teacher efficiency in the education sector by offering “appropriate” training, stressing the “significant” impact of this program in achieving this goal.
Abu Qadis also pointed to the ministry’s keenness to “institutionalize, develop and sustain the program, by conducting studies to enhance the positive aspects and transform challenges, if any, into opportunities.”
The workshop will discuss integration of the USAID program at the national level, and ensure the quality of its outcomes, he noted.
The minister also lauded the USAID’s continuous support to Jordan’s educational process and praised stakeholders’ continuous efforts to make the program a success.
For her part, USAID Deputy Director, Margaret Spears, said the event constitutes an opportunity for partners to meet, think, anticipate the future and face challenges, pledging commitment to support the program, which made “great” progress in the past year.
To date, Spears announced University of Jordan, Yarmouk University, Mu’tah University and Hashemite University joined the program under this “distinguished” partnership and students will be enrolled at the beginning of the next semester.
Director of the USAID Program, Cameron Mirza, said the program, which offers a diploma certificate covering basic skills, will help establish a national education system to empower trained teachers to serve their communities, raise the level of education by using digital tools to enhance the student learning process.
Success of the program is of high importance to achieving education aspirations in Jordan, Mirza added.
Students’ enrollment in the professional diploma on next September 1st constitutes an important stage, thanks to the strong cooperation of all stakeholders, he noted.
Source: Jordan News Agency