Educational Policy and Human Resource Development in Jordan
In: Middle Eastern studies, Band 28, Heft 1, S. 178-215
ISSN: 0026-3206
The development & improvement of the educational system in Jordan at all levels since the early 1950s & the relationship between education policy & the labor market are discussed. It is contended that Jordan's large-scale unemployment of the highly educated has great potential for destabilizing effects on society's expectations regarding educational choice & attainments & on an incorrect government interpretation of the country's economic future. The attempt by authorities to direct more students toward the technical/vocational fields to redress the short supply of highly qualified technicians & skilled workers, in part to satisfy the technical manpower needs of the military, & to steer education in specific directions, markedly contrasts the public's growing appetite for a more liberal political atmosphere. However, particularly within the context of the complex geopolitical tensions that permeate the region, the present controversy over the Jordanian educational system in no way diminishes its accomplishments. 5 Tables. S. Millett