The Cabinet, in its session held Wednesday, headed by Prime Minister Dr. Bishr Khasawneh, approved the mandating reasons for the draft bylaw for accreditation of non-Jordanian higher education institutions and their certificates’ equivalency for 2023. Under the amendments, the system aims to cope pace with current developments and comes pursuant to provisions of Paragraph (E) of Article (4) of Higher Education and Scientific Research Law and its amendments No. (17) of 2018. This law provided legislative clauses to set Ministry of Higher Education’s role to accredit non-Jordanian educational institutions and complete equivalency of their certificates, in accordance with a regulation issued for this purpose. The Council of Ministers also approved the validating reasons for the draft administrative organization bylaw for Ministry of Youth for 2023, aimed to launching new administrative units, adjusting levels of the current active structures and altering their connections according to the actual work situation, which would guarantee proper workflow. On the other hand, the Cabinet approved formation of an organizing committee headed by Minister of Government Communication, Faisal Shubul, to arrange hosting of UNESCO International Conference in Jordan on the occasion of Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2023, and mandate the committee to form action teams and subcommittees for organizing and coordinating the conference’s content, events, and programs.

Source: Jordan News Agency