The Parliamentary Administrative Committee, chaired by MP and lawyer Mohammad Salameh Al-Ghweiri, issued a set of final recommendations regarding public sector hiring mechanisms through the open announcement system.
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During a meeting held on Sunday with the attendance of Deputy Speaker Huda Naffaa, Al-Ghweiri emphasized that these recommendations came after an in-depth study of the administrative and legislative realities, alongside a series of discussions with relevant authorities. The aim is to strengthen principles of transparency, equal opportunity, justice among citizens, and to reinforce public trust in hiring procedures within state institutions.
He pointed out that the committee recommended full adherence to the open announcement system for all government jobs and improving selection mechanisms to ensure the recruitment of qualified national competencies based solely on merit and entitlement, free from personal interference or unprofessional considerations.
The committee called for the establishment of clear and binding national standards that all government entities must follow when announcing vacancies. These standards include requiring applicants to be Jordanian nationals, at least 18 years old, and eliminating the requirement for a specific university grade as a condition for acceptance.
Additionally, the committee recommended relying on competitive exams and personal interviews as primary evaluation tools in the selection process, alongside implementing a point-based system for academic grades where applicants receive points according to their grade level ("Pass," "Good," "Very Good," "Excellent") instead of using the grade as an outright exclusion criterion.
The committee stressed the necessity to cancel any discriminatory or illogical conditions in job announcements, emphasizing that good governance and public interest must be the sole reference framework for public sector appointments, promoting justice and limiting unjustified exclusion.
MPs Abd al-Basit Al-Kabariti, Jamil Al-Dahisat, Naseem Al-Abadi, Feryal Bani Salman, Habes Al-Fayez, and Rania Khalifat affirmed that the true and fair standard for appointment should be based on competitive exam results and personal interviews, considering them precise and objective tools for measuring competence and merit.
They noted that giving a chance to those who prove their competence even if their academic grade is "Pass" embodies the principle of justice and equal opportunity.
They added that continuing to enforce rigid standards such as requiring a "Good" grade or higher marginalizes thousands of qualified youth and fosters a sense of frustration. They warned that ill-considered exclusionary policies may lead to disguised unemployment and exacerbate the economic and social burdens on the state.
