Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Azmi Mahafzah issued a circular to all university presidents and deans of public and private colleges, stressing the need to cooperate with students who have been called to perform national service (Khidmat Al-‘Alam) / the second batch, and to provide them with all possible facilities, after verifying their summons through the text message sent to their mobile phones.
Mahafzah requested that all final exams for the second semester of 2025–2026 for these students be completed no later than June 18, 2026. If this is not possible, such exams should be considered incomplete in accordance with the applicable regulations at the university or college.
According to the circular, since the Mobilization and People’s Army Department of the Jordan Armed Forces – Arab Army will conduct medical examinations for the second batch during the period from May 3 to May 21, 2026, and recruitment procedures will take place from June 1 to June 18, 2026, the minister stressed the necessity of considering the absence of any student called for national service during those dates—whether from lectures or exams—as an excused absence, with the completion of the necessary procedures in accordance with the regulations in force at universities and colleges.
