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Tawjihicould be the general secondary examination in Jordan, West Bank and Gaza, section of education in Jordan and education in Palestine. Upon graduation, the ministry of Advanced schooling, through a system much like that of the United kingdom tariff points, transforms the Grades/Marks of those foreign educational programs, in to the same marks found in grading Tawjihi students. But even with the equivalency transformation, non-Tawjihi graduates aren't permitted to compete with Tawjihi graduates for public university places. For non-Tawjihi graduates, there is a set quota of 5% of places. Most graduates of foreign programs end up paying international fees to get a place in their desired faculty. The reason behind this, is that the quota set for the number of seats was decided in the 80's when approximately only 4 schools taught international programs, and the number of places allocated seemed fair. In fact, seeing the insignificant number of foreign program graduates, who sent applications for national universities, it was. Today, however, nearly 25 schools teach IGCSE/GCSE/GCE programs alone.

Some argue the amount of places is more than fair, and some the opposite. In all cases the issue is a source of much heated debate. Private schools are constantly attempting to convince the National Assembly of Jordan to increase percentage. For the anatawjihi.combeing there appears to be no plan to do this.

The ministry of Education claims that it doesn't have problem with increasing the number of places, and it is in fact the universities that do maybe not agree. On some level this really is rather true, as universities benefit more by the registration of more students as international i. e. paying international fees.

Another source of trouble is the system used to transform exam link between foreign education programs into the anatawjihi scale, which is a percentage out of 100. Again, some see the system as fair and in reality over lenient with non-Tawjihi graduates, while some view it as unfair. Below is a summary of the requirements to get an equivalency of Tawjihi, as mentioned by the British Council Jordan.