AMMAN — The Tawjihi test paper
marking process is progressing well, and based on the samples examined, the performance
is similar to that of the past years, except 2020, which saw Tawjihi scores
skyrocket.
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In his remarks at a meeting with the
education committee at the Lower House, Minister of Education and Higher
Education Mohammad Abu Qdeis, said even in the physics exam, which triggered a
wave of public anger due to the high level of difficulty and the insufficiency
of the time dedicated to the test, many students did well.
But he acknowledged there was a
problem for many
students.
The minister told the lawmakers that
when preparations were under way ahead of the general exam, he was briefed by
officials on their approach in terms of difficulty, assuring him that the
exceptional circumstances brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, such as
distant learning, would be taken into consideration when test questions would
be drafted.
The minister then went to the media
and said that the questions “would not be challenging” due to the same circumstances,
but students were shocked at the difficulty of the questions and insufficiency
of time, especially in physics and chemistry.
Lawmakers urged the minister to hold
to account those who caused the situation and Abu Qdeis vowed to take the
proper action.
In remarks to
Jordan News following
the discussion, MP Firas Al-Ajarmeh, a member of the panel, told
Jordan News
that the most important point was that the assurances the minister gave that
his ministry would take into consideration what happened with students during
the physics and chemistry tests.
Abdu Qdeis stressed that in all
cases, there was no intention at all on the part of the ministry to raise the
difficulty factor in Tawjihi to reduce the number of students who achieve the
full mark, like the 2020 session, when 78 students in the scientific and
literary branches scored 100, an unprecedented trend in the history of the
country, while thousands made it to above 95.
The ministry came under fire for making
last year’s test too easy and critics this year accused officials of an attempt
to reverse the 2020 situation by making it hard for students to score high.
During the meeting, the minister
also announced that half an hour will be added to each of the math exam
sessions for the scientific slated on Tuesday and Thursday.
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