The President of Yarmouk University, Prof. Zeidan Kafafi, honored the student, Wael Muhammad Al-Momani, from Yarmouk’s Model school for getting the first place in the 2018 International PISA Exam at the level of the schools affiliated with higher education institutions in Jordan. Kafafi expressed his happiness for this achievement, which reflects the quality of the school’s educational system. Moreover, Kafafi praised the distinguished level of students and the efforts made by their teachers to help students master the basic skills that enrich their educational outcomes and raise their academic level.

In return, the head of the school, Dr. Ali Al-Omari, thanked the university administration for its continuous support of the school by providing it with all the modern educational means that contribute to preparing students and raising their academic level. He explained that students participating in the exam were randomly chosen by the test administrators and that there were standards through which measurements were made for students’ abilities in the fields of reading, mathematics, and science. However, the honoring was attended by Mr. Osama Al-Azzam and the Director of Public Relations and Media Department, Mr. Mukhlis Al-Abeini.