Ajloun, Oct. 23 (Petra)– Ali Friehat – The Ministry of Education and
Human Resources Development has begun constructing new school
buildings in Ajloun Governorate at a total cost of approximately JD 9
million, as part of efforts to upgrade educational infrastructure,
improve school environments, reduce overcrowding and phase out rented
school buildings.

Director of the Ministry’s Buildings and International Projects
Department, Issam Abu Ahmad, said the ministry is committed to
upgrading school infrastructure and providing students with a
suitable learning environment through school construction projects
and classroom additions.

He said these projects would help improve the quality of education
and provide modern facilities that meet the needs of students and
teaching staff.

Abu Ahmad added that the projects form part of the ministry’s efforts
to develop educational facilities in Ajloun, improve school
environments and provide additional learning spaces to accommodate
growing student numbers, thereby enhancing the educational process.

Ajloun Education Director Khaldoun Jweid said construction is
underway on Sakhra Coeducational Secondary School to replace the
rented building currently occupied by Sakhra Coeducational Basic
School.

He added that the ministry has awarded a tender for the construction
of Abin Basic School for Boys. The four-story building will include
site preparation and architectural, civil and electro mechanical
works, as well as a playground, assembly yard, parking areas,
walkways, boundary walls and other external facilities.

Work is also underway on Ain Al-Bustan Secondary School for Boys and
Thughret Zubaid Basic School for Boys, which will comprise nine
classrooms and various other facilities, Jweid said.

He noted that the ministry has taken delivery of Hai Sakreen
Coeducational Secondary School, a three-story building featuring 17
classrooms, administrative offices, computer, chemistry and physics
laboratories, a theater, a library, courtyards and a playground.

The ministry has also received additional facilities at Ain Jana
Basic School for Boys, where students have already begun classes, as
well as extensions to Al-Harth Coeducational Secondary School. The
latter include two classrooms, a vocational workshop, a chemistry
laboratory, a teachers’ room, a storage room, indoor toilets, a
cafeteria and a cleaning room.

Jweid further said that expansion work at Al-Safsafa Coeducational
Basic School has been completed and handed over. The additions
comprise four classrooms, a teachers’ room, three indoor toilets, a
laboratory and courtyards.

The ministry has also received new school buildings and extensions at
Hai Sakreen Basic School for Boys and Al-Ameriya Secondary School for
Boys, along with a kindergarten building at Ba’ounah Secondary School
for Girls, he added.

//Petra// MF