Amman, Aug 22 (Petra) – About 2.2 million students across Jordan will
head to classrooms on Sunday for the start of the 2026/2027 academic
year.

The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development completed
preparations to welcome students and ensure the readiness of schools
and educational and administrative staff throughout the Kingdom, said
ministry Secretary-General Sahar Shakhatreh.

She said efforts are focused on providing a suitable learning
environment and ensuring a smooth educational process from day one of
the new academic year.

According to educational statistics for the 2025/2026 academic year,
the Kingdom’s education system comprises 7,818 schools, including
private schools, UNRWA schools, and military schools, with about
2,263,438 students and 146,910 teachers, said Shakhatreh.

These figures reflect the breadth of the education system and
diversity of the Kingdom’s educational institutions, highlighting the
significant responsibility placed on the ministry and various
educational institutions to provide quality education for the
Kingdom’s children, she pointed out.

The ministry, she said, continues to develop the educational process
and improve the school environment, in line with the directives to
develop the education sector and human resources, and enhance the
quality of services to students and teachers.

She stressed the importance of partnership and integration between
the ministry, the education directorates, schools, and parents for
the success of the new academic year.

The new school year comes amid a new administrative structure of the
Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development, based on a
clear distribution of roles and strengthened specialization in
managing educational affairs, schools, planning, and institutional
support to raise performance efficiency and improve educational
services.

//Petra//SS