The fundamental economic dilemma facing Jordan today is unemployment. Vision 2025 set out an ambitious target of an 8 % unemployment rate by 2025. That, of course, was before COVID-19 and the snail pace of the global economy. However, to reduce the unemployment rate, the Jordanian economy must not only generate a significant number of new jobs every year, but the labour market must also make better use of technical and vocational education and training, as well as resolve its alleged mismatch with the educational system.
Against this background, the Jordanian authorities over the past few years have endeavoured to put in place national strategies focusing on the development of human capital as the main asset to attract investment and ensure fair and sustainable growth and put the TVET sector in the heart of the reform.
On the other hand, the Government and its partners allocated a lot of funds to the TVET sector. This emerges a need to understand all partners’ funding schemes comprehensively to coordinate the efforts and avoid duplication of work, thus resulting in a greater benefit for the Jordanian community.
Putting all that into consideration, The Ministry of Labour is very pleased to announce the (Triple 8s) plan to reform the TVET sector in Jordan, with the main goal to improve and enhance the structure and performance of the TVET system and TVET delivery to better respond to the new socio-economic needs youth employability and increased competitiveness in the context of the country’s current and future development.
