‘Textbooks lack enough vocational work values’

By JT - Dec 18,2017 - Last updated at Dec 18,2017

AMMAN — The Higher Council for Population (HCP) on Monday published the outcomes of a study on integrating vocational work values in school textbooks, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The study, which was jointly prepared by HCP and the Education Ministry with the support of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA), aimed at enhancing the concept of vocational work for future generations, in a way that benefits from the demographic change Jordan is witnessing, as the Kingdom is expected to live the peak of its population opportunity in 2020.

The outcomes of the study, which was launched in the presence of Education Minister Omar Razzaz and representatives of relevant national institutions, showed that some schools do not have the suitable infrastructure to implement vocational training activities.

The results, which were reviewed by main researcher Ghaleb Azzeh, showed that creativity concepts were the least recurrent in schools curricula, noting that creativity, entrepreneurship and vocational work concepts were either not mentioned in the curricula, or not mentioned enough.

Razzaz highlighted the importance of instilling the culture of creativity and entrepreneurship in future generations, noting that the ministry is currently considering implementing several supporting initiatives, such as inserting applied and out-of-curriculum activities.

HCP Secretary General Maisoun Zu’bi said that Jordan enjoys qualified and trained human resources that can enhance the Kingdom’s economic and social development, which can be reached through the delivery of proper education.

For her part, Sara Salman, head of the population affairs at ESCWA, said that the commission’s contribution to this study is part of a project titled “Empowerment of national abilities to develop comprehensive population policies in the Arab region”.

The study covered the vocational educational, national and civil education and the financial culture curricula for several grades.

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