i think that Jordanians are the most hardest working arabs . . .because of one important reason . . . the Education:
1. Jordan's education system ranks
number one in the Arab World and is one of the
highest in the developing world.
2. Nature journal reported
Jordan having the highest number of researchers in research and development per million people among all the 57 countries members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference OIC.
3. in Jordan there are
2,000 researchers per million people, while
the average among the members of OIC is 500 researchers per million people.
4. This means that
the number of researchers per population in Jordan, is higher than Italy, Israel and Greece and just close to the number in United kingdom and Ireland.
5. In 2003 the share of
budget dedicated to education was 6.4 percent of total government expenditure.
6.
education spending as a percentage of GDP was 13.5 percent in the same year.
7. At 8.9 percent, Jordan has the
third lowest illiteracy rate in the Arab world.
8.
The primary gross enrollment ratio has increased from 71 percent in 1994 to
98.2 percent in 2006.
9.
Transition rate to secondary school, during the same period, has increased from 63 percent to
97 percent .
10. Jordan has achieved a
90 percent parity in literacy and full parity in primary and secondary enrollment .
11.
Jordan is ranked 90 out of 177 in the Human Development Index.
12.Despite strained resources, the Ministry of Education
developed highly advanced national curriculum and many other nations in the region have
developed their education system using Jordan as a model.
13.Jordan is now making it mandatory for students to be
computer literate and able to apply their studies in computers to their regular studies, most
especially the scientific and mathematical courses.
14.Jordan educational system is of
international standards and its secondary education program is
accepted in world-class universities.
