Signing a Scientific Cooperation Agreement and Opening a Simulation Room at Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan
The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) signed with Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan a cooperation agreement for the establishment of the Stock Exchange Simulation Room aimed at training students on the electronic trading system of the ASE. The agreement was signed by the CEO of the ASE Mr. Mazen Wathaifi and the President of Al- Zaytoona University of Jordan Prof. Mohammad Al-Majali in the presence of the Director of the Communication and Media Department of the ASE, Mr. Amjad Al-Qudah, and Dean of the Business Faculty of the University prof. Saad Yassin and Deputy Dean of the Faculty Dr. Ihab El-Qirem.
According to the agreement, the ASE will provide software for trading, manage and maintain it, and train the staff of Al-Zaytoonah University, who supervise the training of students on the software and systems used. The agreement also stipulates the University's commitment to provide a simulation room with all necessary equipment and technical equipment, with high specifications and the necessary communication lines to connect it with the main exchange site.
On the sidelines of the signing of the agreement, Wathaifi opened a simulation room for trading at the university, stressing that the signing of this agreement comes within the implementation of the ASE’s social responsibility policy and its keenness to strengthen its partnership with national universities due to the importance of this partnership between the two parties, and in an effort to enhance knowledge and culture in everything related to the national capital market, investment in securities, and students of related disciplines.
In turn, Al-Majali said that this agreement enhances cooperation between the university and the ASE in the academic and professional field, adding that the student is the focus of the educational process and the main product in it, and the university seeks to provide students with the skills they need in the labor market, through training them in national institutions, and feedback is the best witness to that.
