AMMAN — An opinion poll conducted by the
University of Jordan Center for Strategic Studies under the title “
Tawjihi and
the standard admission system, and current issues”, as part of the Jordanian
Index poll Series, aimed to measure citizens’ and students’ opinion on topics
such as Tawjihi, universities unified admission system, best universities
specialties, crisis management and the rule of law, the spread of crime,
violence and drugs in Jordan, and daylight saving time and standard time.
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The poll, which assesses citizens’ knowledge of
issues taking place in Jordan and the region, was carried out between September
26 and October 2 on a national sample representing all governorates, regions,
age groups, and education levels, as well as on a representative sample of
Tawjihi (General Secondary Education Certificate Examination) students, who in
the academic year 2021–2022 numbered 186,500, of which 108,500 passed.
Following are the results of the poll:
The majority of Jordanians and the majority of
students do not trust the unified admission policies of public universities.
Forty-seven percent of Jordanian students believe
that the unified admission system is unfair; a third of Jordanians, 33 percent,
hold the same conviction.
Half of Jordanians, 50 percent, do not believe that
the Tawjihi exam constitutes a fair evaluation of students’ knowledge, and only
38 percent of Tawjihi students believe that the current Tawjihi system
accurately reflects their academic level.
The majority of Jordanians, 61 percent, want to keep
the daylight saving time and standard time, 25 percent want to keep the
daylight saving time (summer time) throughout the year, and 11 percent of
Jordanians want to keep the standard time throughout the year.
Forty-six percent of Jordanian parents whose
children sat for the Tawjihi exam described the experience as stressful, 14
percent described it as an emergency situation in the house, 3 percent said it
was an exhausting experience, while 26 percent said it was easy.
76%
of Jordanians believe that Jordan is a safe country where they and their families feel safe, while more than 38 percent of Jordanians believe that Jordan has become less safe over the past five years
Forty-two percent of the Tawjihi students described
the Tawjihi experience as tiring, and 47 percent of Jordanians do not believe
that the future of coming generations should depend solely on the results of
the Tawjihi exam, and that the exam must be completely reconsidered.
More than a third of Jordanians, 36 percent, and 41
percent of students called for canceling Tawjihi and finding an alternative to
it.
More than half of the students, 55 percent, said
that they were under psychological pressure during Tawjihi, with 43 percent
reporting that this had a negative impact on them.
The majority, 78 percent, resorted to private
lessons to sit for Tawjihi; the subjects most studied with private tutors were
mathematics, English, physics, chemistry, and Arabic.
Eighteen percent of the students consider obtaining
a university degree the most after passing Tawjihi, while 42 percent have
getting a job as their goal.
According to the poll, 40 percent of the students
believe that they could have obtained a higher average in Tawjihi if they had
studied in private schools.
University admission
When filling in the unified admission application, the vast majority of
Jordanians, 71 percent, consulted their families and friends on the majors that
their children would like to study, and 11 percent resorted to guidance from
the
Ministry of Higher Education.
At the same time,
35 percent of students said they will sit again for some of the Tawjihi
subjects to improve their grades if they cannot register for the major they
want to study at the university through the unified admission, 16 percent said
they will register in a parallel program at a public university, and 12 percent
said they will go to private universities.
In choosing
majors while filling in the unified admission application, 34 percent of
students took into consideration their Tawjihi average, 23 percent their
academic ability, and 23 percent the labor market needs.
According to the
poll, students’ choice of universities came in the following order: Jordan
University of Science and Technology, followed by the University of Jordan, the
Hashemite University, and Yarmouk University.
Among private
higher education institutions, Petra University came first, followed by
Al-Zaytoonah University, and Philadelphia University.
Medicine, law,
dentistry, nursing, English, accounting, and other languages are the disciplines
students want to study most, according to the poll.
Regarding crisis
management and the rule of law, the poll shows that 76 percent of Jordanians
believe that Jordan is a country where they and their families feel safe, while
more than 38 percent of Jordanians believe that Jordan has become less safe
over the past five years.
The vast majority
of Jordanians, 91 percent, believe that social violence is widespread in
Jordan; 42 percent attributed it to poverty and unemployment, 19 percent to
moral and social transformations that affected customs and traditions, 14
percent to drugs, and 12 percent to the fact that individuals are drifting away
from religion.
The majority of
Jordanians, 72 percent, believe that weapon possession is rife among citizens
in Jordan.
The vast majority
of Jordanians, 91 percent, believe that drug abuse and drug trafficking are
widespread in the country.
Almost two-thirds
of Jordanians, 65 percent, believe that house robbery is widespread in Jordan,
while 62 percent believe that stealing cars is widespread in the country.
The majority of
Jordanians, 86 percent, believe that murder is widespread in the country.
The poll also shows that
the majority of Jordanians, 61 percent, want to have daylight saving time
(summer time) and standard time, while 25 percent want the daylight saving time
throughout the year, and 11 percent want the standard time throughout the year.
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