Jordan's Vocational Training Corporation (VTC) launched the 2026-2027 training year on Sunday, welcoming new trainees across 34 institutes and centres of excellence distributed throughout the kingdom's governorates. The new cycle drew significant interest: 5,134 trainees - male and female - registered for the second training round from a pool of 13,255 applications.
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According to a VTC statement issued Sunday, the figures reflect broad and growing demand for vocational training, with young men and women increasingly seeking practical skills and professional specialisations aligned with labour market needs. The corporation attributed the interest in part to the diversity of its programmes and their geographic spread across the kingdom's regions.
Women accounted for 41 percent of total enrolments nationwide, a figure the statement described as evidence of growing female participation in vocational training. The share of female enrolments varied considerably by region: 73 percent in the Southern Region, 46 percent in the Northern Region, and 35 percent in the Central Region.
At the governorate level, the capital Amman recorded the highest number of enrolments at 1,223 trainees, followed by Irbid with 879 and Balqa with 740. The remaining enrolments were distributed across other governorates.
Among individual institutes, the Al-Mashari' Training Institute recorded 489 enrolments, while the Ain Al-Basha Vocational Training Institute and the Jordanian-Korean Institute each recorded 480.
The most popular programme by enrolment was women's hairdressing with 558 registrants, followed by men's hairdressing with 404 and data entry with 375. Several specialised programmes also attracted notable interest, including social worker and childcare, hybrid vehicle electromechanics, and barista training.
Breaking down enrolments by region, the Central Region accounted for 2,507 trainees, the Northern Region for 1,806, and the Southern Region for 821.
Registration data also revealed a shift in the educational backgrounds of those enrolling. Among those registered, 1,662 held a tawjihi (general secondary) certificate, 706 held a bachelor's degree, 397 held a diploma, and 15 held a master's degree. The VTC statement said the presence of university graduates indicated that vocational training is increasingly seen as a pathway to skills development and professional requalification, not solely as an alternative to academic education.
The new training year begins as the VTC pursues a broader strategy to align its programmes more closely with labour market needs, through updating existing courses, introducing new specialisations in key sectors, and strengthening the practical and applied dimensions of its training.
The corporation provides trainees with an environment combining theoretical knowledge and hands-on practice, including field training placements at accredited work sites. Partnerships with the private sector and programme development guided by employer needs are among the approaches the VTC is using to improve the alignment of training outcomes with market requirements.
This article was originally written in Arabic by Al Ghad for Al Ghad.
