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The French School of Amman is the only French school in the country that is registered at the French agency for education abroad (AEFE). The kindergarten, primary and secondary school classes gather a total of 270 students, out of which 50% are French citizens, 20% Jordanians, and 30% others.
The success rate at the French
Baccalaureate was 80% in 2004, among them 40% with distinction.
The schedules:
- Kindergarten and primary school: from 8 am until 1.30 pm
- Secondary school: from 8 am until 2 pm
The French School of Amman offers lessons in the following three languages: Arabic, English and Spanish.
The
school has:
- A data-processing computerized network helping pupils to become familiar with Internet and all new technologies.
- A library with more than four thousand books (encyclopedias, novels, magazines, newspapers…)
The other schools: Since 1999, the French language has been an optional subject for the Jordanian high school certificate. It can be considered as the third spoken language in Jordan, after Arabic and English. Since 1994, the primary and secondary schools pupils of 24 education institutions can learn French for three hours per week.
At the political level, the official meeting between the French head of state and late King Hussein increased the interest in learning French in Jordan and the result of this is the development of teaching French in Jordanian schools.
During the year 2001/2002, the number of pupils learning French increased. 2845 children learn French in primary schools and 6576 in secondary schools.
From 2004 and on, the French language will be a compulsory subject for all pupils of computer literacy and hotel courses wishing to pass their high school certificate.
Jordanian authorities initiated the integration into their staff of three French language assistants, appointed in the Amman area, in the South and in the North, in order to supervise the efficiency and rigorousness of the practice of 35 local teachers.
Moreover, the participation of pupils and their teachers in some activities and events such as the reading festival “lire en fête” or the Francophone days, for example, motivates the pupils to learn French.
The multimedia library,
located at AYSHA School, received a collection of books and educational
material from Hachette foundation in 2001. This foundation represents
the center of the French scholar culture, with special access
for public school pupils. More than 2 000 books in addition to
17 computers provided with French software can be found there.
The Universities: the students
of four public and seven private universities have the opportunity
to learn French. Four of them,including the University of Yarmouk
in Irbid and the University of Jordan in Amman, have a French
language department.
We distinguish: 4 French departments where studies lead
to a BA diploma in French Language, and language courses in the
other 7 local educational authorities, where French is taught
as a foreign language.
Partnership with French Universities :
- In September 2003, the IUT de Cachan signed a partnership with Al-Balqa Applied University and Al Hussein University College relating to students and teachers exchange and the training of their professors.
- L’école d’ingénieur de Lilles, ‘l’ENIC’ Ecole Nouvelle d’Informatique et de Communication (in the fileld of new computer and communication techniques) with Hijjawi Faculty at the University of Yarmouk.
- A partnership in the scientific field with CHU de Compiègne (health sector).
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