30,941 students accepted at public universities

AMMAN — The Higher Education Council has accepted 30,941 students at public universities, Higher Education Minister Adel Tweisi said on Sunday.

Tweisi added that the number included 20 per cent benefiting from the Royal makrumas for the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, 5 per cent for children of teachers and 350 seats for people living in camps, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The number also included 5 per cent for Jordanian students who passed General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) in previous sessions, 5 per cent for Jordanians who passed Tawjihi abroad, in addition to allocating 3,094 seats for beneficiaries of Royal makruma in badia schools and “schools of special circumstances”.

He added that students can move from one university to another and from one specialisation to another through an electronic application available on the website of the unified admission unit, starting on Monday for three days.