| Ministry of Education | |
| Native Name: | وزارة التربية والتعليم |
| Native Name A: | Arabic: وزارة التربية والتعليم |
| Formed: | Wizarat al-Ma'arif (وزارة المعارف)[1] Wizarat ạl-Tarbiah w al-Ta'lim (وزارة التربية والتعليم) |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Jordan |
| Headquarters: | Al Abdali, Amman, Jordan |
| Minister1 Name: | Azmi Mahafzah |
| Chief1 Name: | Minister of Education |
The Ministry of Education in Jordan is a critical government body responsible for developing and administering educational policies and programs throughout the Kingdom. The ministry's mandate is to "ensure the provision of quality education from the early years through secondary education."[2]
The Ministry of Education is currently led by Minister Azmi Mahafzah.[3] [4]
The Ministry of Education in Jordan is located at Suleiman al-Nabulsi Street, next to the Martyr King Abdullah the Founder Mosque, Building Number 1, with a P.O. Box number 1646.[5]
The Ministry of Education was established in its current form in 1956, although its roots date back to earlier efforts to formalize education in Jordan during the Emirate of Transjordan in 1921. The ministry operates under the leadership of the Minister of Education, who oversees various departments responsible for different aspects of the educational system, including curriculum development, teacher training, and school administration.
This table includes all the Jordanian Ministers of Education along with their respective dates of taking office and leaving office:[6]
| 1 | Mazhar Raslan | April 11, 1921 | June 23, 1921 | ||
| 2 | Adib Hussein Wahbeh | August 8, 1921 | July 3, 1923 | ||
| 3 | Ali Bey Khalki | September 5, 1923 | May 3, 1924 | ||
| 4 | Adib Hussein Wahbeh | September 12, 1924 | September 25, 1935 | ||
| 5 | Ahmad Alawi Al-Saqqaf | December 6, 1939 | September 24, 1940 | ||
| 6 | Ahmad Alawi Al-Saqqaf | September 24, 1940 | July 29, 1941 | ||
| 7 | Samir Al-Rifai | July 29, 1941 | December 6, 1942 | ||
| 8 | Ahmad Alawi Al-Saqqaf | December 6, 1942 | May 9, 1943 | ||
| 9 | Samir Al-Rifai | May 9, 1943 | October 30, 1943 | ||
| 10 | Mohammad Al-Ansi | October 30, 1943 | July 13, 1944 | ||
| 11 | Ahmad Alawi Al-Saqqaf | July 13, 1944 | October 14, 1944 | ||
| 12 | Sheikh Fahmi Hashim | October 14, 1944 | May 18, 1945 | ||
| 13 | Sheikh Fahmi Hashim | May 18, 1945 | September 8, 1946 | ||
| 14 | Mohammad Al-Shariki | September 8, 1946 | February 4, 1947 | ||
| 15 | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti | February 4, 1947 | December 27, 1947 | ||
| 16 | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti | December 27, 1947 | May 3, 1949 | ||
| 17 | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti | May 7, 1949 | April 12, 1950 | ||
| 18 | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti | April 12, 1950 | October 14, 1950 | ||
| 19 | Ahmad Toukan | October 14, 1950 | December 4, 1950 | ||
| 20 | Ahmad Touqan | December 4, 1950 | July 25, 1951 | ||
| 21 | Rouhi Abdul Hadi | July 25, 1951 | September 7, 1951 | ||
| 22 | Rouhi Abdul Hadi | September 7, 1951 | September 30, 1952 | ||
| 23 | Abdul Halim Al-Nimr | September 30, 1952 | May 5, 1953 | ||
| 24 | Ahmad Toukan | May 5, 1953 | May 2, 1954 | ||
| 25 | Anwar Nuseibeh | May 2, 1954 | October 21, 1954 | ||
| 26 | Anwar Nuseibeh | October 24, 1954 | May 28, 1955 | ||
| 27 | Saeed Aladdin | May 30, 1955 | December 14, 1955 | ||
| 28 | Omar Al-Saleh Al-Barghouti | December 14, 1955 | December 21, 1955 | ||
| 29 | Fawzi Mulki | December 21, 1955 | January 8, 1956 | ||
| 30 | Dhaifallah Al-Hamoud | January 9, 1956 | April 1, 1956 | ||
| 31 | Dhaifallah Al-Hamoud | April 1, 1956 | May 20, 1956 | ||
| 32 | Fawzi Mulki | May 22, 1956 | July 1, 1956 | ||
| 33 | Saeed Aladdin | July 1, 1956 | October 29, 1956 | ||
| 34 | Shafiq Arshidat | October 29, 1956 | April 10, 1957 | ||
| 35 | Fawzi Mulki | April 15, 1957 | April 24, 1957 | ||
| 36 | Khulusi Al-Khairi | April 25, 1957 | July 12, 1957 | ||
| 37 | Jamal Touqan | July 15, 1957 | August 25, 1957 | ||
| 38 | Ali Al-Hindawi (acting) | August 27, 1957 | October 21, 1957 | ||
| 39 | Ahmad Al-Tarawneh | October 22, 1957 | May 18, 1958 | ||
| 40 | Ahmad Al-Tarawneh | May 18, 1958 | July 10, 1958 | ||
| 41 | Sheikh Mohammad Ali Al-Ja'abari | July 10, 1958 | January 28, 1959 | ||
| 42 | Riyadh Al-Muflah | January 28, 1959 | May 6, 1959 | ||
| 43 | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti | May 6, 1959 | August 29, 1960 | ||
| 44 | Sheikh Mohammad Amin Al-Shinqiti | August 29, 1960 | June 28, 1961 | ||
| 45 | Rafiq Al-Husseini | June 28, 1961 | November 5, 1961 | ||
| 46 | Bashir Al-Sabbagh | November 5, 1961 | January 27, 1962 | ||
| 47 | Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Qattan | January 27, 1962 | December 2, 1962 | ||
| 48 | Abdulwahab Al-Majali | December 2, 1962 | March 27, 1963 | ||
| 49 | Hassan Al-Kayed | March 27, 1963 | April 21, 1963 | ||
| 50 | Hassan Al-Kayed | April 21, 1963 | July 9, 1963 | ||
| 51 | Hassan Al-Kayed | July 9, 1963 | October 31, 1963 | ||
| 52 | Bashir Al-Sabbagh | October 31, 1963 | July 6, 1964 | ||
| 53 | Bashir Al-Sabbagh | July 6, 1964 | February 13, 1965 | ||
| 54 | Abdel Latif Abdeen | February 13, 1965 | July 31, 1965 | ||
| 55 | Thouqan Hindawi | July 31, 1965 | December 25, 1966 | ||
| 56 | Abdulwahab Al-Majali | December 22, 1966 | March 4, 1967 | ||
| 57 | Thouqan Hindawi | March 4, 1967 | April 23, 1967 | ||
| 58 | Thouqan Hindawi | April 23, 1967 | August 2, 1967 | ||
| 59 | Thouqan Hindawi | August 2, 1967 | October 7, 1967 | ||
| 60 | Mohammad Adeeb Al-Ameri | October 7, 1967 | April 25, 1968 | ||
| 61 | Bashir Al-Sabbagh | April 25, 1968 | March 14, 1968 | ||
| 62 | Thouqan Hindawi | March 24, 1969 | July 13, 1969 | ||
| 63 | Thouqan Hindawi | August 13, 1969 | April 20, 1970 | ||
| 64 | Thouqan Hindawi | April 20, 1970 | June 28, 1970 | ||
| 65 | Thouqan Hindawi | June 28, 1970 | September 15, 1970 | ||
| 66 | Ibrahim Sayel | September 16, 1970 | September 26, 1970 | ||
| 67 | Abdulmajid Al-Sharideh | September 26, 1970 | October 28, 1970 | ||
| 68 | Ishaq Al-Farhan | October 28, 1970 | May 26, 1973 | ||
| 69 | Mudar Badran | May 27, 1973 | November 23, 1974 | ||
| 70 | Thouqan Hindawi | November 24, 1974 | July 12, 1976 | ||
| 71 | Thouqan Hindawi | July 12, 1976 | November 27, 1976 | ||
| 72 | Abdullah Al-Majali | November 27, 1976 | December 18, 1979 | ||
| 73 | Mohammad Nouri Shafiq | December 19, 1979 | August 27, 1980 | ||
| 74 | Sa'id Al-Tall | August 28, 1980 | January 10, 1981 | ||
| 75 | Hikmat Al-Saket | January 10, 1984 | April 4, 1985 | ||
| 76 | Abdulwahab Al-Majali | April 4, 1985 | October 4, 1986 | ||
| 77 | Thouqan Hindawi | October 4, 1986 | April 24, 1989 | ||
| 78 | Abdullah Ensour | April 27, 1989 | August 30, 1989 | ||
| 79 | Adnan Badran | September 2, 1989 | December 6, 1989 | ||
| 80 | Mohammad Hamdan | December 7, 1989 | June 18, 1990 | ||
| 81 | Abdullah Al-Akayleh | June 18, 1990 | June 19, 1991 | ||
| 82 | Eid Dahiyat | June 19, 1991 | November 21, 1991 | ||
| 83 | Thouqan Hindawi | November 21, 1991 | May 29, 1993 | ||
| 84 | Khaled Al-Omari | May 29, 1993 | June 7, 1994 | ||
| 85 | Abdelraouf Rawabdeh | June 8, 1994 | March 14, 1995 | ||
| 86 | Jawad Anani | March 14, 1995 | September 19, 1995 | ||
| 87 | Marwan Muasher | September 20, 1995 | January 3, 1996 | ||
| 88 | Ahmad Obeidat | January 3, 1996 | February 18, 1998 | ||
| 89 | Mohammad Hamdan | February 18, 1998 | 1999 | ||
| 90 | Fawzi Gharaibeh | 1999 | 1999 | ||
| 91 | Izzat Jaradat | April 1999 | 18 June 2000 | ||
| 92 | Khaled Toukan | June 2000 | November 2007 | ||
| 93 | Tayseer Al-Noaimi | November 2007 | June 2009 | ||
| 94 | Walid Maani | 2009 | 14 December 2009 | ||
| 95 | Ibrahim Badran | December 14, 2009 | July 28, 2010 | ||
| 96 | Khaled Al-Karaki | November 24, 2010 | February 1, 2011 | ||
| 97 | Tayseer Al-Noaimi | January 1, 2011 | October 31, 2011 | ||
| 98 | Eid Al-Dahiyat | October 1, 2011 | April 30, 2012 | ||
| 99 | Fayez Al-Saudi | April 1, 2012 | October 31, 2012 | ||
| 100 | Wajih Owais | October 1, 2012 | March 31, 2013 | ||
| 101 | Mohammad Juma'a Al-Wahsh | March 1, 2013 | August 31, 2013 | ||
| 102 | Mohammad Thneibat | August 1, 2013 | January 31, 2017 | ||
| 103 | Omar Razzaz | January 1, 2017 | June 30, 2018 | ||
| 104 | Azmi Mahafzah | June 14, 2018 | November 28, 2018 | ||
| 105 | Bassam Talhouni | November 1, 2018 | January 31, 2019 | ||
| 106 | Walid Maani | January 1, 2019 | October 31, 2019 | ||
| 107 | Tayseer Al-Noaimi | October 1, 2019 | March 31, 2021 | ||
| 108 | Mohammad Khair Ahmad Abu Qudais | March 1, 2021 | October 31, 2021 | ||
| 109 | Wajih Owais | October 1, 2021 | October 31, 2022 | ||
| 110 | Azmi Mahafzah | October 31, 2022 | Incumbent |
See main article: article and Tawjihi. The Tawjihi is a pivotal national exam taken by students at the end of their secondary education. It is a comprehensive test that determines eligibility for higher education institutions in Jordan.
Upon passing the Tawjihi, students can pursue higher education in public or private universities, or opt for vocational training. The Ministry of Education also ensures the equivalency of foreign educational qualifications to the Tawjihi, enabling students with international backgrounds to integrate into the Jordanian educational system.
The Jordanian educational system is structured into three main levels:[7]