126,000 students sit for first Tawjihi exam session on Thursday
The first session of Jordan’s 2026 General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) for 12th-grade students, Class of 2008, begins on Thursday and will continue until July 18. The first exam session will start at 10:00 a.m., followed by a second session at 1:00 p.m.
A total of 126,679 students will sit for the opening exams in Islamic Education and Islamic Studies across 738 examination centers.
The total number of registered candidates stands at 196,029, including 140,972 regular students and 55,057 private-study candidates, consisting of new and repeat applicants. Of the regular students, 127,956 are enrolled in the academic track and 13,016 in the vocational and technical track.
Within the academic track, 45,116 students are in Health Sciences, 11,695 in Engineering, 16,347 in Science and Technology, 11,946 in Languages and Social Sciences, 38,702 in Law and Sharia Sciences, and 4,150 in Business.
The examinations will also include 200 candidates in correctional and juvenile rehabilitation centers across 17 examination sites, 11 students at the Hussein Cancer Center, and 611 students with disabilities, including deaf, blind, visually impaired, physically disabled, and cerebral palsy students.
The exams will be conducted in 790 examination centers containing 1,899 halls, with an additional 42 reserve halls available. Thousands of educational staff members will oversee the examinations across the Kingdom.
The first session of Jordan’s 2026 General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) for 12th-grade students, Class of 2008, begins on Thursday and will continue until July 18. The first exam session will start at 10:00 a.m., followed by a second session at 1:00 p.m.
A total of 126,679 students will sit for the opening exams in Islamic Education and Islamic Studies across 738 examination centers.
The total number of registered candidates stands at 196,029, including 140,972 regular students and 55,057 private-study candidates, consisting of new and repeat applicants. Of the regular students, 127,956 are enrolled in the academic track and 13,016 in the vocational and technical track.
Within the academic track, 45,116 students are in Health Sciences, 11,695 in Engineering, 16,347 in Science and Technology, 11,946 in Languages and Social Sciences, 38,702 in Law and Sharia Sciences, and 4,150 in Business.
The examinations will also include 200 candidates in correctional and juvenile rehabilitation centers across 17 examination sites, 11 students at the Hussein Cancer Center, and 611 students with disabilities, including deaf, blind, visually impaired, physically disabled, and cerebral palsy students.
The exams will be conducted in 790 examination centers containing 1,899 halls, with an additional 42 reserve halls available. Thousands of educational staff members will oversee the examinations across the Kingdom.
The first session of Jordan’s 2026 General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) for 12th-grade students, Class of 2008, begins on Thursday and will continue until July 18. The first exam session will start at 10:00 a.m., followed by a second session at 1:00 p.m.
A total of 126,679 students will sit for the opening exams in Islamic Education and Islamic Studies across 738 examination centers.
The total number of registered candidates stands at 196,029, including 140,972 regular students and 55,057 private-study candidates, consisting of new and repeat applicants. Of the regular students, 127,956 are enrolled in the academic track and 13,016 in the vocational and technical track.
Within the academic track, 45,116 students are in Health Sciences, 11,695 in Engineering, 16,347 in Science and Technology, 11,946 in Languages and Social Sciences, 38,702 in Law and Sharia Sciences, and 4,150 in Business.
The examinations will also include 200 candidates in correctional and juvenile rehabilitation centers across 17 examination sites, 11 students at the Hussein Cancer Center, and 611 students with disabilities, including deaf, blind, visually impaired, physically disabled, and cerebral palsy students.
The exams will be conducted in 790 examination centers containing 1,899 halls, with an additional 42 reserve halls available. Thousands of educational staff members will oversee the examinations across the Kingdom.
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126,000 students sit for first Tawjihi exam session on Thursday
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