The President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, confirmed the university's readiness, through the Faculty of Education, to launch the Teacher Education Professional Diploma (TEPD). The Diploma supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) aims at preparing and qualifying teachers, and it begins in the first semester of the academic year 2021-2022, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

During his meeting to sign the material and financial resources agreement with the Director of the USAID Program for the Pre-Service Teacher Education in Jordan, Cameron Mirza, at Yarmouk University’s Liaison Office in Amman, Massad stated that Yarmouk University is proud of such a partnership due to the significance of the "Professional Diploma” for developing teachers’ knowledge and skills and for enhancing the level of the educational and pedagogical process in the various schools of the Kingdom. Massad then explained that the University has already allocated classrooms and private offices for the program in the Faculty of Education and provided the necessary requirements for the teaching process.

For his part, Mirza praised the status of Yarmouk University and its cooperation to conduct such a program, stressing that the University’s collaboration is manifested through the joint technical committees that have examined all the minute details related to the program. He then pointed out that the program is very promising, as it inspires future collaboration with Yarmouk University in a way that achieves common aspirations and serves the educational sciences and students in general.