1.85 million students start new school year

AMMAN — Around 1.85 million students started the new academic year on Thursday in around 7,000 public, private, military and UNRWA-run schools across the Kingdom.

On the occasion, His Majesty King Abdullah addressed the students with a message of good wishes posted on the Royal Court's social media platforms.

Following Royal directives, the Cabinet on Wednesday decided to disburse JD20 to each Jordanian student in public and military schools, with payments up to JD100 for students from the same family.

The Education Ministry will distribute the money to all students through a bank whose name will be announced once the ministry finishes preparing student lists, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported, adding that disbursement will continue throughout the academic year.

The Council of Ministers, also upon Royal directives, has decided to exempt all public school students from fees of the scholastic year.