'Tawjihi to be held once every scholastic year'

AMMAN — The General Secondary Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) will be held once every academic year, starting from 2016-17, under a recent decision by the Education Council. The Education Ministry will make the necessary arrangements to implement the decision, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Wednesday.

The council also decided to include Jordan's history as a mandatory course for all academic streams in the 11th and 12th grades to replace the "general culture" course as of the next scholastic year. The decisions are in line with the recommendation of the Educational Development Conference held earlier this year, according to Petra.