Orthodox Educational Society

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Along with the sites of the educational institutions working under the OES umbrella, we hope this serves as yet another open channel of communication to help us provide the best service to our students and the various segments of society which we serve.

Established in 1957, OES is one of the oldest societies in Jordan. We are proud to be pioneers in providing humanitarian and educational services to all members of our Jordanian community. Our main focus is on education. The schools we have established include the two National Orthodox Schools in the areas of Shmaisani and Ashrafiyeh, as well as their kindergartens, Wahbeh Tamari Kindergarten and Ashrafiayeh Kindergarten respectively. Thousands of the sons and daughters of our beloved Jordan have graduated from these reputable academic establishments, moving on to serve in various positions, many of them becoming prominent leaders in different fields.

As a next step, we are looking into the establishment of a National Orthodox University, with a focus on offering specializations needed by the Jordanian labor market as well as the markets of neighboring Arab countries. This is one of the projects that we are exploring to maximize the benefit for the community from the lands that OES owns in Um Al-Kundum area on the outskirts of Amman.

Our society is a national, charitable, non-profit organization par excellence. We are here to serve all, regardless of race or religion, based on our deep commitment to Arab Nationalism. Our sublime mission is to serve as many people as possible from middle and limited-income families in our beloved Jordan.

Our society and schools work to instill values of patriotism and model citizenship among all members of the Jordanian family. The other important focus for our work is the humanitarian dimension. We provide financial aid and tuition waivers for many of our students from limited-income families. We also provide financial and in-kind aid to many families through our Winter Charity Campaign and other annual goodwill campaigns.

Shortly, we aim to open schools outside the capital, Amman, to spread our services to a larger segment of Jordanian society. To this end, we are working on reinforcing and developing the work of all our committees, including the “Strategic Planning & Resource Development Committee” to help secure the funds needed to further achieve the important social role that OES plays.

We eagerly seek to establish and maintain close contact with all our children: the NOS Alumni. Our connections to them and their involvement are vital to the sustainable success of our mission. They are the heirs that we hope will carry on what the consecutive OES Executive Boards have toiled to establish.

The Orthodox Educational Society (OES) is a national, charitable organization that serves the community and helps its progress through education and training, cultural awareness, and provision of social and humanitarian services to promote virtue and high moral values, especially love, humility, honesty, justice, equality, compassion, diligence, solidarity and fellowship among all.

OES aspires to prepare enlightened generations of youth from all segments of society, who believe in God and are loyal to their country, loving towards others, well-educated, and guided by solid values and noble human virtues generations capable of contributing to the development and welfare of society through OES’s educational and social institutions, as well as through its spiritual, cultural, social, artistic and athletic activities and its cooperation with other national and Orthodox institutions who share similar goals and activities. OES’s main goals:

• Establishment and administration of educational institutions including schools, colleges, universities, in line with the education laws and curricula valid in Jordan.
• Helping children of limited-income families to receive a quality education.
• Establishment and administration of humanitarian, charitable institutions.
• Helping families with limited income.
• Promoting social consciousness and responsibility and preserving principles of virtue and morality.

Orthodox Educational Society objectives are

• To provide opportunities for advanced and renewed academic and professional learning for those who seek it and to provide financial assistance, within OES’s means, for those who cannot afford it.
• To recruit highly qualified, experienced, reputable faculty members to work in OES’s educational institutions, and to create a motivational teaching environment that can raise the performance level of both faculty and students.
• To appoint qualified management that believes in OES’s mission and that will work diligently and whole-heartedly to achieve its goals.
• To work on the development and diversity of educational curricula, keeping abreast with the latest in the field, especially with regards to the use of new teaching, learning, and training technologies and methods, in line with laws and regulations issued by the concerned official bodies.
• To work on the spiritual growth of youth and on instilling in them the principles of belief in God, love, and respect for others, loyalty to their country, and diligence.
• To provide learning and training opportunities, locally or abroad, for those working in OES’s educational institutions, based on the Society’s needs and programs, and in line with the applicable bylaws and regulations.
• To implement modern educational methods and provide a variety of counseling services and to support different types of co-curricular activities as well as to offer additional programs to help students develop a well-rounded personality- including students with learning difficulties - commensurate with their mental and physical abilities, talents and interests, inside, as well as outside, the premises of OES’s educational institutions, in Jordan or abroad, in line with the applicable bylaws and regulations.
• Advancing the reputation of OES’s educational institutions through cooperation with other educational and cultural organizations, nationally, regionally, and internationally by holding athletic, cultural, and artistic events organizing conferences, training sessions, and seminars in OES’s educational institutions, and publicizing students’ academic, cultural, artistic and athletic achievements in various media outlets.
• Aspiring to establish an institution/ institutions for all levels of higher education, to provide opportunities for high-quality education in the areas of science, administration, and humanities in a manner that contributes to the community’s sustainable development and meets the most up-to-date public and private accreditation and quality assurance criteria, locally and internationally.
• Working on continuously updating and improving OES’s bylaws and administrative structures in a manner that meets the Society’s needs and helps achieve its goals.
• Working on developing and investing OES’s financial resources to support its activities and for further development of its academic and cultural institutions in a manner that serves its members, and in line with the applicable bylaws and regulations.
• Working on building and sustaining ties between OES and the alumni of its academic institutions and strengthening and expanding the alumni network, for mutual benefit among all.
• Working on helping the alumni of OES’s academic institutions to pursue higher education in national and international institutions, according to their desire and means and according to the Society’s means and in line with the applicable bylaws and regulations.
• Working on the establishment and management of charitable organizations that provide social and humanitarian services in line with the Society’s mission and goals.
• Strengthening the relationship with other national and Orthodox societies that have similar goals to OES.

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