AMMAN — Parents and
high school students for the current year are
urging the Higher Education Council to maintain the same number of admissions
for medicine and dentistry programs as last year. They have appealed to the
Higher Education Council to reverse the reduction in admissions to medicine
programs, decreasing from 2,200 last year to 640 this year, marking a 70
percent reduction.
اضافة اعلان
The
Higher Education Council initiated a gradual timeframe to reduce the number of
students accepted into medical disciplines (medicine, dentistry, doctor of
pharmacy, and pharmacy) in public universities, starting from the 2022-2023
academic year, the Jordan News Agency, Petra reported.
This move
aimed to reach the maximum allowable limit for the number of students accepted,
based on the absorptive capacity dedicated to each discipline. However, this
year, the
Higher Education Council decided to slash the number of students
accepted in medical specialties
Former
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Wajih Owais,
supports gradual reductions to preserve opportunities for top-performing
students and deter emigration for studies abroad. However, there was pressure
last year, leading to around 10,000 students being accepted, violating capacity
limits set by accreditation bodies.
Meanwhile, Former president of the
University of Jordan, Khleif Tarawneh, highlights concern about overcrowded classrooms in
medical disciplines, which once accommodated a maximum of 5 students, now
potentially impacting teaching quality. Additionally, the rising unemployment
rate among medicine degree holders is attributed to the market's inability to
absorb large numbers of graduates.
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