AMMAN — The
Royal Academy of Culinary Arts has launched
a technical university college in cooperation with Ecole Hoteliere of Lausanne
(EHL) in Switzerland. The new program was announced at a conference held on
Wednesday at the academy’s headquarters.
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Wajih Oweis, chairman of the academy’s board of
trustees, said that under the vision and care of His Majesty King Abdallah, and
with the support of the King Abdullah II Fund for Development, the academy introduced
a new two-year degree program.
The chairman told
Jordan News that
"the baccalaureate program will be less expensive than the diploma program
by 25 percent.
We will also support our students and give superiors the
scholarships they deserve.”
"Despite the pandemic, more than 40
percent of students are benefiting from the scholarship program from different governorates
around the Kingdom,” he said. "Outstanding students deserve outstanding programs and we shall
support them and encourage them to move on."
Oweis said that the tourism sector needs 16,000
to 20,000 new employees to cover its needs for the next five years.
He added that all of the academy's students
find jobs even before graduating, stating that unemployment is a major problem
in Jordan and that the academy works hard to to implement programs.
According to Oweis, "the academy decided
to implement a baccalaureate program, in cooperation with EHL, which is
universally recognized as one of the best universities in Switzerland.” The
academy provides the curriculum, and students get high marks in English, he
added.
Jacques Roseel, a director at the Royal Academy
of Culinary Arts, said that "all the teachers at the academy have taken
intense courses for training and development at the EHL campus in
Switzerland."
Asem Oweis, vice director of the academy, said
that "we aim to encourage students to integrate in new specialties and to
find job opportunities easily, and we also aim to support Jordanians to develop
and show their talents in the tourism sector."
"We have graduated more than 700 students who
started working inside Jordan and outside, in countries like the United States
of America, Europe, and the Gulf area,” the vice director said. "We have recorded many
success stories for students in a short period of time and we are proud of them
and we are looking forward for more."
"In the baccalaureate program we want our
students to have more job opportunities,” Oweis added. “It is not mandatory that
they work as chefs, they can also work in reception and in sales as they will
be getting managerial skills at our academy."
To apply, applicants must go the The Royal
Academy of Culinary Arts’ website, fill out a form, and pay a JD25 processing
fee.
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