Mu’ta University has aspired to be a real partner with the Jordanian Center for Civic Education Studies-California under the umbrella of the Arab Network for Civic Education (Arab Civitas).

This has been achieved through a memorandum signed between Mu’ta University and the Jordanian Center for Civic Education Studies. The execution of this memorandum started on the university campus during the second semester. The students were introduced to the aims of Project Citizen, were informed of the concept of civic education and its means of establishing good citizenship, and were encouraged to be acquainted with their civil rights and responsibilities. A training session about civic education was held for them after which they became acquainted with this project. More than one hundred male and female students from the School of Education participated in this training session, bearing in mind that this project would be applied in all the university areas of study and with students who want to do voluntary work in the coming semesters.

One of the positive effects of this project is that it broke the barrier of silence and fear among students and increased their self confidence. In addition, they are now able to present problems, dialogue about them objectively and democratically with their colleagues, and apply the scientific solution to solving them. Training was in the form of small groups which worked in the spirit of one team. The groups identified the problem and the extent of suffering it caused the students on their campus since they have become partners in shouldering the responsibility. Students were also able to make decisions on all levels and to present the problem and dialogue about it in a democratic spirit regardless of their sex. Their meticulous work was exemplified in the information collection campaign, whereby students played different coordinated roles in conducting interviews with officials inside and outside the university as well as in distributing questionnaires among students and working on taking photographs and documentation.

Students presented several problems on their campus of interest to them such as preserving university property, smoking inside the university, and university violence. The university adopted this project and similar projects which sustain students’ capacities and enhance their self confidence and their confidence in their homeland. These projects also make them realize the importance of their citizenship and of their desired role which is in harmony with the aspiration of His Majesty King Abdullah the Second, who wants them to become knights of change and patriotic men in the future. This reflects the awareness of the university regarding the serious and effective message that will bring awareness to future generations, equip them to serve their society and nation, and shoulder the responsibility laid on them in the best possible manner.