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The EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN Scholarship Programme funded by the European Union through the Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (Madad Fund), and managed by the German Jordanian University and in partnership with several Jordanian and international educational institutions, has awarded 70 fully-funded scholarships for Vocational Training Diploma programms at Luminus Technical University College and Bachelor’s programms at Zarqa University, for Syrian refugees for the second semester of the academic year 2021/2022. After evaluating the total of 820 applications for the Bachelor’s scholarships and 296 for the vocational Training Diploma scholarships, and filtering out the applications that comply with the …

EDU-SYRIA, through its component “EDU-MARKET” managed by Luminus Technical University College (LTUC), has conducted three round table discussions with employers/Experts form the Jordanian labor market to present the findings of the “Jordanian Labour Market Needs” study that was conducted by the programme and published on the 25th November, 2021. These roundtables also discussed the completeness of the study plans for the selected training programs (HVAC [Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems], Electrical installation, Industrial fashion design, Computerized Decoration and Carpentry) and to take the feedback and suggestions into consideration when redesigning/delivering the training for the students to make training’s output …

EDU-SYRIA Programme, through its component “EDU-TRANS” managed by Nuffic, graduated a group of young Jordanian entrepreneurs from the Creative Design Course. The course was conducted through the project “Career Acceleration Project for Creative Designers” by the American Centre of Research (Acor), which is one of EDU-TRANS projects. This course goal is to equip a group of creative professionals with the needed tools and skills that will provide them with the chance to practice freelancing in creative design, where the course covered various design software such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, computer-aided design [CAD], and portfolio design. This course …

on Wednesday, 8 December 2021, The Academic Committee of the EDU-SYRIA Program held an academic meeting with EDU-SYRIA students at Zarqa University, in two separate sessions at Zarki Auditorium. The meeting was organized by the Academic Committee: Dr. Ala’ Khalifa, EDU-SYRIA Academic supervisor, Prof. Khaled Al-Zaedeen, ZU Dean of Admission and Registration, and Mr. Ibrahim Al-Hariri, EDU-SYRIA Academic Advisor at Zarqa University, and attended by more than one hundred students from the program beneficiaries. This meeting is part of a series of activities carried out by the program in all universities and partner institutions to find out the observations of …

EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN Program, funded by the European Union through the Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis, “Madad”, and managed by the German Jordanian University, announces the results of the research study entitled “Jordanian Labor Market Needs“. This research study aims to identify the needs of the Jordanian labor market for jobs and the necessary skills and to evaluate employment options in the Jordanian labor market for Jordanian youth and Syrian refugees, in order to help match these needs with the technical skills that qualify university graduates from Jordanians and Syrian refugees to enter the labor market. Read or …

On Tuesday 30 November 2021, the European HOPES-LEB consortium currently formed by the DAAD, Campus France and Nuffic, the German Jordanian University and its partner institutions, and the Dutch INGO SPARK organised an online joint event entitled ‘Creating opportunities through learning – Higher Education in emergencies’. With the mandate of the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis ending in December 2021, representatives of the European Union, ministries, embassies, higher education institutions, students and key institutional stakeholders involved in tertiary education in the context of the Syria Crisis gathered to reflect on lessons learnt throughout the past …

Amman, 25 November – EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN Program, funded by the European Union through the Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis, “Madad”, and managed by the German Jordanian University, launched on 25 November the results of the research study entitled “Jordanian Labor Market Needs“. This study aims to identify the needs of the Jordanian labor market, the required skills, and to evaluate employment options for Jordanian youth and Syrian refugees. The desk study, which drew on statistics from the Amman Chambers of Industry and Commerce, found there were high hopes for employment during the recovery period following COVID-19. The …

Amman, November 4 – EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN Program, funded by the European Union through the Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis, “Madad”, and managed by the German Jordanian University, launched today nine projects to improve the livelihood options of vulnerable Jordanian and Syrian refugees and youths. The projects will provide the beneficiaries with access to higher and vocational education and improve their employability opportunities. These nine projects are funded through the following components: the “Bottlenecks” Alleviation Program and the Entrepreneurship Training Scholarship Program. The “Bottlenecks” Alleviation Program (BAP) is implemented by Nuffic and its main objective is to alleviate …

The EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN Scholarship Programme funded by the European Union through the Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (Madad Fund), and managed by the German Jordanian University and in partnership with several Jordanian and international educational institutions, has awarded 68 fully-funded scholarships for Vocational Training Diploma programms at Luminus Technical University College and Bachelor’s programms at Zarqa University, for underprivileged Jordanian youth and Syrian refugees for the academic year 2020/2021. After studying the applications for the scholarships that comply with the announced conditions (mentioned again below), a total of 36 Syrian students were accepted for the bachelor’s degree, …

Amman – October 12- The EDU-SYRIA/EDU-JORDAN program funded by EU through the regional trust fund in response to the Syrian crisis: the EU ‘Madad’ Fund and managed by the German Jordanian University graduated on Tuesday, October the 12th, 38  Student Teachers who benefit from the program’s scholarship for the “Teacher Education Professional Diploma” offered by  Queen Rania Teacher Academy for the academic year 2021/2022. The graduates are Jordanians from organizations who support vulnerable Jordanian Youth: National Aid Fund, Al-Zakat Fund, Al-Aman Fund, and Tkiyet Um Ali, covering the subjects of Arabic, English, science, mathematics, and Early Grades. The graduation was held virtually …