Khaberni - The Legislation and Opinion Bureau published a draft project for the Teachers' Clubs system for the year 2025; which the government approved the reasons for it last Sunday.
According to the draft, the Teachers' Clubs system aims to establish clubs in various regions of the kingdom to provide a supportive social, cultural, and recreational environment for teachers and administrators, ensuring organized management under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. The system enhances the government's role in supporting these clubs by providing buildings, furnishing them, developing their facilities, organizing membership under clear terms, empowering administrative bodies and committees to set annual plans, approve budgets, monitor activities, and implement the system's provisions. It also aims to enhance solidarity among teachers by establishing a social solidarity and cooperation fund that supports its members according to special instructions.
The benefits provided by the system include teachers' access to equipped facilities offering social and educational services and diverse activities, the ability to benefit from services of any club in the kingdom, ensuring transparent management subject to the audit of the Audit Bureau and official financial systems, providing a safe environment that protects the clubs' goals from any inappropriate use, allowing teachers to join optionally with symbolic fees, benefiting from the solidarity fund, and enjoying approved activities and events that enhance their social and professional roles within an organizational framework that ensures good management and service quality.
According to the reasons stated, the system coincides with the government's efforts to improve the infrastructure of teachers' clubs valued at 3 million dinars, and increasing their number by constructing buildings for teachers' clubs in some provinces where they are not available.
It arrives in light of the need to update the Teachers' Clubs System No. (12) for 1995 and its amendments, reviewing it to align with the legal, social, and economic changes that have occurred since its issuance, and aligning with developments in legislation and public administration.
It aims to serve teachers and enable broader categories to benefit from their clubs' services, including teachers and administrators working in licensed private educational institutions, retirees with reduced membership and subscription fees, organizing the institutional relationship between the Ministry of Education and teachers' clubs by forming a central committee concerned with clubs' affairs, unifying supervision and support standards, and administrative and technical guidance; which enhances the ministry’s regulatory and organizational role and fosters institutional integration in management. It works to ensure governance in managing teachers' clubs by forming the club's administrative body based on nominations from the Teachers' Clubs Affairs Committee, achieving administrative and institutional stability.
It also works to enhance the social and solidarity dimension among members of teachers' clubs by establishing the social solidarity and cooperation fund for members of teachers' clubs, contributing to providing solidarity services to its subscribers, enhancing the social stability of employees in the ministry, aiming to enhance financial oversight on teachers' clubs, subjecting their accounts to audits by the Audit Bureau in accordance with the provisions of the applicable legislation, ensuring the legality of financial transactions and the integrity of accounting procedures, and embedding principles of transparency and accountability.
Under the system, teachers' clubs will be subjected to the provisions of the applicable financial and administrative legislation, especially the government procurement system and the financial system in effect at the Ministry of Education and the instructions issued under them, enhancing governance requirements, and ensuring good management of the clubs' financial resources, transparency, and accountability.
This comes as part of the many measures taken by the government to support teachers in the past months, where it distributed emergency advances to all who applied for them, doubled the percentage of the royal grant for teachers' children in higher education institutions from 5 - 10% starting from the current academic year, also allocating 5% of the total scholarships and loans offered by the Student Support Fund for teachers' children in universities, and doubled the number of Hajj missions allocated to the Ministry of Education from 60 missions to 120, in addition to maintaining teachers' clubs, improving their services, and building teachers' clubs in some provinces where clubs do not exist.
Upcoming is the Teachers' Clubs System for the year 2025, issued pursuant to item (1) of paragraph (k) of Article (6) and Article (45) of the Education Law No. (3) for the year 1994.
Article 1 - This system shall be named (Teachers' Clubs System for the year 2025) and shall come into effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Article 2 - The following words and phrases wherever mentioned in this system shall have the meanings assigned to them below, unless the context indicates otherwise:
The Ministry: Ministry of Education.
The Minister: Minister of Education.
The Club: Teachers' Club established pursuant to the provisions of this system.
Club Member: The teacher or administrator affiliated with the club according to the provisions of this system.
The Committee: Committee for Teachers' Clubs Affairs formed pursuant to the provisions of this system.
The General Assembly: Members of the club who have paid the financial obligations due to the club.
The Administrative Body: The administrative body formed under the provisions of this system.
The Fund: The Social Solidarity and Cooperation Fund for the members of the Teachers' Club established under the provisions of this system.
Article 3 - A - Clubs are established in any region or directorate in the Kingdom by a decision of the Minister based on the recommendation of the Committee and according to the capabilities of the Ministry.
B - The Ministry secures a suitable building for the club, maintains it, and expands its facilities as needed, and provides the necessary furniture and equipment for the club.
Article 4 - A - Membership of the club is conditional on the following:
1 - Jordanian nationality.
2 - Being a teacher or administrator currently employed in the Ministry or retired from it, or in a licensed private educational institution, and is considered employed for the purposes of this system's provisions as a teacher or administrator on loan or on unpaid leave or seconded to any department or any other entity.
3 - Not convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor that violates honor, trust, public morals, or decency.
B - Joining the club is optional, and the membership application is submitted to the club manager using the designated form accompanied by the necessary documents for this purpose.
C - The administrative body issues its decision regarding the membership application within ten working days from the date of its submission if it meets the conditions, and it is accepted by default if no decision is issued by the administrative body during this period.
Article 5 - A - After accepting the membership application, the membership applicant pays a non-refundable membership fee of (5) dinars.
B - The club member pays an annual subscription fee of (12) dinars collected at a rate of one dinar per month from the working member in the Ministry or the retired one, or in one installment from the working member RegexOptions(Singleline);="/" RegexOptions(Multiline);="." RegexOptions(Multiline);="p> " ████████ ███████ █████ █████ █████ ██████ from private educational institutions or the retired. A member working in the Ministry may request a deduction of the annual subscription fee from their salary.
Article 6 - A - A committee called (Committee for Teachers' Clubs Affairs) is formed in the Ministry chaired by the Secretary General of the Ministry for Educational Affairs and membership including:
1 - Director of the Educational Activities Department as the Vice President.
2 - Director of the Legal Affairs Department as a member.
3 - Director of the Supplies and Supply Department as a member.
4 - Director of the Financial Affairs Department as a member.
5 - Head of the Internal Control Unit as a member.
6 - Director of the Directorate for Teachers' Clubs as a member.
B - The head of the Teachers' Clubs Section is the secretary of the committee and is responsible for preparing the invitations for its meetings, documenting its minutes, preserving its records and registers, decisions, nominations, and monitoring their implementation.
C - The committee meets at the invitation of its chairman or his deputy in his absence, whenever necessary; the meeting is legal with the presence of the majority of its members; provided that the chairman or his deputy is among them. Its decisions and recommendations are made by a majority vote of the present members, and in the event of a tie, the side with which the chairman of the meeting voted prevails.
D - The committee undertakes the following tasks:
1 - Supervising the activities of the clubs.
2 - Proposing amendments to this system, and instructions issued under it.
3 - Recommending to the Minister the names of the members of the Administrative Body.
4 - Recommending the location and headquarters of the newly established club.
5 - Monitoring the application of the provisions of this system and taking appropriate actions.
6 - Endorsing the annual plans of the clubs.
7 - Coordinating with related entities to provide services to the clubs.
Article 7 - A - The General Assembly of the club consists of club members who have paid the financial obligations due to the club.
B - The General Assembly undertakes the following tasks:
1 - Approving the draft budget for the next fiscal year and the administrative and financial annual reports of the club.
2 - Approving the club's accounts and final financial statements for the ended fiscal year.
Article 8 - A - The General Assembly holds an ordinary meeting called by the chairman of the Administrative Body or his deputy in his absence during January and February of each year; to consider the matters listed in the agenda, the meeting is legal with the presence of the majority of its members, if the legal quorum is not completed, the meeting is postponed for two weeks from the first meeting's date, and the second meeting is legal regardless of the number of its present members.
B - The chairman of the Administrative Body or his deputy, in his absence, chairs the meeting of the General Assembly, and if both are absent concurrently, the General Assembly elects from among its members a chairman for the meeting.
C - The General Assembly takes its decisions by a majority of votes of its present members, and in the case of a tie, the side with which the chairman of the meeting voted prevails.
D - The meeting invitation is posted on the official website of the Ministry and the club, and a copy of it is hung on the club's notice board at least two weeks before the meeting date.
E - The General Assembly meetings can be held and called for electronically, provided that the meetings are managed from within the Kingdom.
F - 1 - The General Assembly may hold an extraordinary meeting at the request of the Administrative Body or a written request submitted by at least one third of the General Assembly members specifying the reason for requesting the meeting.
2 - No matter can be discussed other than what is listed on the agenda in the extraordinary meeting.
3 - The extraordinary meeting of the General Assembly is legal with the presence of no less than the majority of its members.
4 - The provisions of paragraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) of this article apply to the extraordinary meeting of the General Assembly.
Article 9 - A - The club's management is undertaken by an Administrative Body consisting of seven members from the General Assembly appointed by the Minister based on the Committee's recommendation for a period of two years, ensuring representation of the General Assembly members from the retirees, and it is possible to replace any of them by appointing a substitute for the remaining duration of the Administrative Body's term.
B - The club's director is the secretary of the Administrative Body and is responsible for preparing the invitations for its meetings, documenting its minutes, preserving its records and registers, and monitoring the implementation of its decisions.
C - The Administrative Body meets at the invitation of its chairman or his deputy in his absence at least once every fifteen days, and the meeting is legal with the presence of the majority of its members; provided that the chairman or his deputy is among them. Its decisions are made by consensus or by a majority of votes of the present members, and in the event of a tie, the side with which the chairman of the meeting voted prevails.
D - The Administrative Body undertakes the following tasks:
1 - Considering membership applications to the club and issuing appropriate decisions regarding them.
2 - Organizing General Assembly meetings and implementing its decisions.
3 - Issuing newsletters about the club's activities and affairs.
4 - Forming committees it deems necessary among its members and the General Assembly members; to assist it in organizing its work, provided that the decision to form it specifies its chairman, number of members, tasks, how its meetings are held, and how its decisions are made.
5 - Preparing the draft budget for the next fiscal year and the administrative and financial annual reports of the club and presenting them to the General Assembly for approval.
6 - Preparing the club's accounts and final financial statements for the ended fiscal year and presenting them to the General Assembly for approval.
7 - Preparing the club's annual plan and submitting it to the Committee for endorsement.
8 - Approving activities and events in line with the philosophy of education and training.
Article 10 - A - Membership in the Administrative Body is conditional on the member having paid the financial obligations due to the club.
B - Combining the membership of the Administrative Body and any position in the club is prohibited.
Article 11 - A - The Administrative Body is deemed to be dissolved by law if the membership of half or more of its members is vacated.
B - The dissolved Administrative Body is reconstituted according to the provisions of this system.
Article 12 - A club member is deemed to have lost his membership in the General Assembly by law in any of the following cases:
A - If he does not pay the financial obligations due to the club for two consecutive years.
B - If he loses any condition of the membership specified in this system.
C - If he intentionally damages any of the club's movable or immovable properties.
D - If he uses the club and its facilities for purposes contrary to the goals of its establishment.
E - If he obstructs the meetings of the General Assembly or the Administrative Body, or the committees formed by the Administrative Body.
F - If he commits any act that violates public morals and decency, even if no judicial decision was issued against him.
Article 13 - A dedicated director for the club is appointed by the Minister based on a recommendation from the chairman of the Committee, entrusted with the following tasks:
A - Performing the duties of the secretary of the Administrative Body and providing the committee with its meeting minutes.
B - Monitoring the implementation of the decisions of the Administrative Body.
C - Monitoring the work of committees and coordinating among them.
D - Supervising the implementation of the approved activities and events by the Administrative Body and monitoring them.
E - Any other tasks assigned to him by the Committee or the Administrative Body.
Article 14 - A - A fund called (The Social Solidarity and Cooperation Fund for Members of the Teachers' Club) is established in the Ministry aiming to achieve social solidarity among the members of the clubs who subscribe to it.
B - Membership in the fund is optional for members of the clubs.
C - The matters related to the fund, including the terms of membership in it, the membership and subscription fees, the way it is managed, its financial resources, mechanisms for disbursement from it, conditions for benefiting from its services, support ceilings, investing its funds, and spending aspects, are regulated by instructions issued by the Minister for this purpose.
Article 15 - The financial resources of the club consist of the following:
A - Membership and annual subscription fees.
B - What the Ministry allocates from its budget.
C - Donations and contributions received by it and accepted by the Committee, provided that the approval of the Council of Ministers is obtained if they are from a non-Jordanian source.
D - The returns realized from depositing the club's funds in banks.
E - Returns from investing the club's funds, facilities, and activities it holds, provided that (10%) of these returns are allocated to the account of club trust funds, and the spending aspects from it are determined by instructions issued for this purpose.
Article 16 - A - The fiscal year of the club starts on the first day of January every year and ends on the thirty-first day of December of the same year.
B - The club's funds are deposited in a special account in one or more banks approved by the Administrative Body in the name of the club.
Article 17 - The following is prohibited for the clubs:
A - Contacting and communicating with any external entity.
B - Using the club and its facilities for purposes other than those for which it was established.
C - Undertaking trips outside the Kingdom without the approval of the Committee.
Article 18 - General Provisions:
A - When establishing the club for the first time, the Minister forms a temporary committee to manage the club based on the Committee's recommendation, determining its chairman and the number of its members in the decision of its formation, serving as the Administrative Body until an Administrative Body is constituted according to the provisions of this system.
B - Membership transfer from one club to another is allowed, coordinated between the clubs according to the club member's place of residence or work location as appropriate.
C - A club member may benefit from the services of any other club.
Article 19 - A - Club funds are collected pursuant to the Public Money Collection Law.
B - The club's accounts are subject to audit by the Audit Bureau.
Article 20 - The provisions of the government procurement system and the financial system in effect in the Ministry and the instructions issued under them apply to the clubs.
Article 21 - The Minister issues the necessary instructions for implementing the provisions of this system.
Article 22 - The Teachers' Clubs System No. (12) of 1995 and its amendments are repealed, provided that the instructions and decisions issued under it continue to be in
