Jordan slashes seats at public universities

Jordan's unified admission committee has decided to almost halve the number of students accepted in public universities, from 6,900 seats to 3,864 seats for the spring semester of the 2009/2010 academic year, Jordan Times has reported. Walid Maani, higher education minister told the newspaper that the decision was taken due to overcrowded classrooms. He said the decision is in line with the universities' accreditation criteria to lower the number of students accepted in the Kingdom's public universities in accordance with their capacity.