Amman, July 23 (Petra) -- Jordan's Ministry of Education and the British Council on Thursday signed a second amended annex to their agreement on implementing the Education for Success program, which trains English-language teachers in Jordanian public schools.

Minister of Education Azmi Mahafzah and Alex Lambert, the Council's Country Director, Jordan and Levant Cluster Lead signed the agrrement.

The signing ceremony was attended by British Ambassador to Amman Philip Hall, the ministry's director of legal affairs department, Mostafa Rousan, and Nisreen Saleh, the British Council's head of English programmes.

Talking at the ceremony, Mahafzah said the ministry would work "closely" with the British Council to improve in-service teacher skills, expressing satisfaction with the joint collaboration between Jordanian and British expertise to enhance learning outcomes.

Under the agreement, which strengthens joint cooperation, the scope of the Education for Success program will be expanded to train English-language teachers and supervisors in public schools, targeting 4,000 English teachers annually through the end of March 2029, for a total of 4,000 teachers and educational supervisors across all education directorates.

Training activities will be blended and will begin according to an implementation plan approved by both sides.

The two sides also agreed the British Council would complete training for all educational supervisors, who had not finished their training classes under the first amended annex, in coordination with the ministry.

//Petra// NQ