Amman, Aug. 18 (Petra) -- The Higher Committee of the Royal Initiative Grant (Makruma) for the Children of Tribes in Jordan’s Desert Schools and Schools with Special Circumstances at the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development announced that applications for the 2026–2027 academic year opened Tuesday and will run through next Tuesday at midnight.

Applications can be submitted electronically from Tuesday until midnight next Tuesday through the website of the Unified Admission Coordination Unit at www.admhec.gov.jo The unit said applicants must pay a JD5 application fee electronically through the Central Bank of Jordan’s eFAWATEERcom bill payment service after submitting and saving their grant application.

Eligibility requirements include Jordanian citizenship and submission of an electronic application for admission through the Unified Admission Coordination Unit before applying for the Royal Grant.

Applicants must also have obtained the Jordanian General Secondary Education Certificate, or Tawjihi, in 2026 only through regular study, with a minimum average of 65%. They must have spent their final two academic years at a secondary school covered by the Royal Grant for the current year.

Alternatively, students may qualify if they spent at least seven years at a feeder school for a secondary school covered by the grant and subsequently transferred for academic, social, or official reasons approved by the higher committee.

Applicants must submit their grant applications electronically through the unit’s website. Graduates of private schools and students enrolled in private-study programs are not eligible.

The schools covered by the Royal Grant were designated by the Ministry of Education in accordance with the regulations governing the Royal Initiative Grant (Makruma) for the Children of Tribes in Jordan’s Desert Schools and Schools with Special Circumstances.

Students can check the list of eligible schools by governorate through the Unified Admission Coordination Unit’s website at Eligible Schools List (https://www.admhec.gov.jo/RulesRoyalitySchools.aspx).

Regarding required official documents, the unit said students who transferred from a school covered by the grant in the current year and whose parents are government employees required by the nature of their work to move from one governorate to another but who did not complete the required final two years at the eligible school must provide a certificate from their parent’s employer stating the date and reason for the transfer. The certificate must be uploaded through the application system for consideration by the higher committee.

Students who spent at least seven years at feeder schools for secondary schools covered by the grant and transferred for academic, social, or official reasons must provide a certificate confirming their attendance at those schools. The certificate must be signed and certified by the relevant school administrations and education directorates, using the newly approved form circulated to education directorates, and must state the reason for the transfer before being uploaded through the application system.

To apply, students must access the Unified Admission Coordination Unit’s website, select the bachelor’s degree section, and click on the link for Royal Grant applications. They must then enter their national number and the password they created when submitting their electronic unified admission application.

Students eligible because they spent their final two academic years at a secondary school covered by the grant must save their grant application after accessing it, after which an electronic payment number will appear.

Students qualifying through attendance at feeder schools must upload the required certified certificate stating the reason for their transfer and then save their application. An electronic payment number will subsequently be generated.

Applicants must use the electronic payment number to pay the JD5 application fee through eFAWATEERcom. Failure to make the payment will mean the application is considered incomplete.

//Petra// AF