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Minister of Education Launches the National Summer Program "Basmat" - Jordan News
Minister of Education Launches the National Summer Program "Basmat" - Jordan News

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Minister of Education Launches the National Summer Program "Basmat" - Jordan News

Dr. Azmi Mahafza, Minister of Education, announced today, Saturday, from Khawla bint al-Azwar Mixed Secondary School under the Directorate of Education for Naour District, the launch of the 2025 edition of the national summer program "Basmat" at all centers of the Ministry of Education. اضافة اعلان The program, which first started in 2017, involves about 17,000 ninth-grade students from public schools, the Military Culture, and the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from all directorates of education across the Kingdom, with participation from several ministries, organizations, official institutions, and civil society organizations. Haifa Al-Khraisha, Director of Education for Naour District, expressed her happiness during the launch ceremony at Khawla bint al-Azwar School, stating that hosting this national program, with all its meaningful content, is a source of pride and honor. She explained that the national program includes a variety of activities, skills, and events through which the Ministry aims to invest students' energies and time positively, reflecting on their behavior by equipping them with skills and activities that enhance self-development. The program also strengthens their abilities through dialogue, acceptance, life skills, sports, scouting, cultural, and artistic activities. The activities also include awareness lectures on vocational education (BTEC), the "Haqqaq" program lectures, as well as religious lectures in cooperation with the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. Regarding the program's implementation at the directorate level, the program targets ninth-grade male and female students and is applied with the participation of two schools from each of the 42 education directorates, the Military Culture, and UNRWA—one school for boys and another for girls—with 200 students per center. The daily program includes scouting/guidance activities and skills, sports activities, cultural and artistic activities, values from the "Haqqaq" initiative (Crown Prince Foundation), the National Advancement Plan (Jordanian Armed Forces), the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, the Independent Election Commission, Princess Haya Cultural Center, community service, and voluntary work. The students expressed their happiness participating in the program, eager to benefit from all the activities offered, thanking their teachers and supervisors for the implementation. At the end of the ceremony, attended by Dr. Ajmal Al-Twaikat, Director of Educational Activities at the Ministry, along with several education officials, Dr. Mahafza toured the center's facilities, which included awareness, cultural, sports, and scouting activities.

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