2	7	AMMAN	AMMAN	NNP
8	10	–	--	:
11	14	The	the	DT
15	27	unemployment	unemployment	NN
28	32	rate	rate	NN
33	38	among	among	IN
39	42	the	the	DT
43	50	country	country	NN
50	52	’s	's	POS
53	59	48,000	48,000	CD
60	69	engineers	engineer	NNS
70	73	has	have	VBZ
74	81	dropped	drop	VBN
82	84	by	by	IN
85	88	1.5	1.5	CD
89	92	per	per	IN
93	97	cent	cent	NN
98	103	since	since	IN
104	108	last	last	JJ
109	113	year	year	NN
113	114	,	,	,
115	116	a	a	DT
117	123	senior	senior	JJ
124	132	official	official	NN
133	135	at	at	IN
136	139	the	the	DT
140	146	Jordan	Jordan	NNP
147	156	Engineers	Engineer	NNPS
157	168	Association	Association	NNP
169	170	(	(	(
170	173	JEA	JEA	NNP
173	174	)	)	)
175	179	said	say	VBD
180	182	on	on	IN
183	191	Thursday	Thursday	NNP
191	192	.	.	.

199	202	The	the	DT
203	207	rate	rate	NN
208	212	last	last	JJ
213	217	year	year	NN
218	221	was	be	VBD
222	228	around	around	IN
229	232	8.5	8.5	CD
233	236	per	per	IN
237	241	cent	cent	NN
241	242	,	,	,
243	246	but	but	CC
247	249	in	in	IN
250	253	the	the	DT
254	259	first	first	JJ
260	263	two	two	CD
264	270	months	month	NNS
271	273	of	of	IN
274	278	2002	2002	CD
279	281	it	it	PRP
282	289	dropped	drop	VBD
290	292	to	to	TO
293	294	7	7	CD
295	298	per	per	IN
299	303	cent	cent	NN
303	304	,	,	,
305	309	said	say	VBD
310	313	JEA	JEA	NNP
314	323	President	President	NNP
324	329	Azzam	Azzam	NNP
330	336	Hneidi	Hneidi	NNP
336	337	.	.	.

338	341	The	the	DT
342	347	total	total	NN
348	350	of	of	IN
351	361	unemployed	unemployed	JJ
362	371	engineers	engineer	NNS
372	381	currently	currently	RB
382	388	stands	stand	VBZ
389	391	at	at	IN
392	397	3,360	3,360	CD
397	398	,	,	,
399	401	he	he	PRP
402	406	said	say	VBD
406	407	.	.	.

414	417	The	the	DT
418	429	association	association	NN
430	434	last	last	JJ
435	439	year	year	NN
440	448	provided	provide	VBD
449	452	867	867	CD
453	463	unemployed	unemployed	JJ
464	473	engineers	engineer	NNS
474	478	with	with	IN
479	482	job	job	NN
483	496	opportunities	opportunity	NNS
497	499	in	in	IN
500	507	several	several	JJ
508	514	public	public	JJ
515	518	and	and	CC
519	526	private	private	JJ
527	539	institutions	institution	NNS
539	540	,	,	,
541	548	thereby	thereby	RB
549	561	contributing	contribute	VBG
562	564	to	to	TO
565	568	the	the	DT
569	576	decline	decline	NN
576	577	,	,	,
578	587	according	accord	VBG
588	590	to	to	TO
591	597	Hneidi	Hneidi	NNP
597	598	.	.	.

605	608	The	the	DT
609	620	association	association	NN
621	625	will	will	MD
626	634	continue	continue	VB
635	645	contacting	contact	VBG
646	649	the	the	DT
650	660	government	government	NN
661	664	and	and	CC
665	672	private	private	JJ
673	685	institutions	institution	NNS
686	688	to	to	TO
689	695	supply	supply	VB
696	700	them	them	PRP
701	705	with	with	IN
706	715	engineers	engineer	NNS
715	716	,	,	,
717	719	he	he	PRP
720	725	added	add	VBD
725	726	.	.	.

733	737	Both	both	CC
738	741	the	the	DT
742	745	JEA	JEA	NNP
746	749	and	and	CC
750	753	the	the	DT
754	762	Ministry	Ministry	NNP
763	765	of	of	IN
766	773	Housing	Housing	NNP
774	777	and	and	CC
778	784	Public	Public	NNP
785	790	Works	Works	NNP
791	795	last	last	JJ
796	800	year	year	NN
801	808	trained	train	VBD
809	812	759	759	CD
813	816	new	new	JJ
817	828	engineering	engineering	NN
829	838	graduates	graduate	VBZ
839	843	over	over	IN
844	847	the	the	DT
848	854	course	course	NN
855	857	of	of	IN
858	861	one	one	CD
862	866	year	year	NN
867	869	to	to	TO
870	877	prepare	prepare	VB
878	882	them	them	PRP
883	886	for	for	IN
887	890	job	job	NN
891	904	opportunities	opportunity	NNS
904	905	,	,	,
906	908	he	he	PRP
909	913	said	say	VBD
913	914	.	.	.

921	924	One	one	CD
925	927	of	of	IN
928	931	the	the	DT
932	935	JEA	JEA	NNP
935	937	’s	's	POS
938	949	obligations	obligation	NNS
950	960	stipulated	stipulate	VBD
961	963	in	in	IN
964	967	its	its	PRP$
968	974	bylaws	bylaw	NNS
975	977	is	be	VBZ
978	980	to	to	TO
981	988	provide	provide	VB
989	997	training	training	NN
998	1001	for	for	IN
1002	1005	its	its	PRP$
1006	1013	members	member	NNS
1013	1014	.	.	.

1015	1019	This	this	DT
1020	1028	training	training	NN
1029	1034	takes	take	VBZ
1035	1038	the	the	DT
1039	1043	form	form	NN
1044	1046	of	of	IN
1047	1048	a	a	DT
1049	1058	full-time	full-time	JJ
1059	1069	internship	internship	NN
1070	1077	lasting	last	VBG
1078	1082	from	from	IN
1083	1086	six	six	CD
1087	1093	months	month	NNS
1094	1096	to	to	TO
1097	1100	one	one	CD
1101	1105	year	year	NN
1105	1106	,	,	,
1107	1113	during	during	IN
1114	1119	which	which	WDT
1120	1129	graduates	graduate	NNS
1130	1133	are	be	VBP
1134	1140	placed	place	VBN
1141	1143	in	in	IN
1144	1156	professional	professional	JJ
1157	1165	settings	setting	NNS
1166	1168	to	to	TO
1169	1173	gain	gain	VB
1174	1183	firsthand	firsthand	JJ
1184	1194	experience	experience	NN
1195	1197	in	in	IN
1198	1201	the	the	DT
1202	1211	workplace	workplace	NN
1211	1212	.	.	.

1219	1220	“	``	``
1220	1223	The	the	DT
1224	1227	aim	aim	NN
1228	1230	is	be	VBZ
1231	1233	to	to	TO
1234	1238	give	give	VB
1239	1242	the	the	DT
1243	1252	engineers	engineer	NNS
1253	1254	a	a	DT
1255	1259	real	real	JJ
1260	1266	chance	chance	NN
1267	1269	to	to	TO
1270	1278	practise	practise	VB
1279	1283	what	what	WP
1284	1288	they	they	PRP
1289	1296	studied	study	VBD
1297	1299	in	in	IN
1300	1306	theory	theory	NN
1307	1309	at	at	IN
1310	1320	university	university	NN
1320	1321	,	,	,
1321	1322	”	''	''
1323	1327	said	say	VBD
1328	1334	Hneidi	Hneidi	NNP
1334	1335	.	.	.

1342	1351	Engineers	engineer	NNS
1352	1363	specialised	specialise	VBN
1364	1366	in	in	IN
1367	1370	the	the	DT
1371	1382	electricity	electricity	NN
1383	1388	field	field	NN
1388	1389	,	,	,
1390	1393	for	for	IN
1394	1401	example	example	NN
1401	1402	,	,	,
1403	1406	are	be	VBP
1407	1412	hired	hire	VBN
1413	1415	to	to	TO
1416	1420	work	work	VB
1421	1423	in	in	IN
1424	1426	an	an	DT
1427	1435	electric	electric	JJ
1436	1443	company	company	NN
1444	1447	for	for	IN
1448	1453	eight	eight	CD
1454	1459	hours	hour	NNS
1460	1463	per	per	IN
1464	1467	day	day	NN
1467	1468	.	.	.

1475	1476	“	``	``
1476	1479	The	the	DT
1480	1487	trainee	trainee	NN
1488	1490	is	be	VBZ
1491	1495	paid	pay	VBN
1496	1503	between	between	IN
1504	1513	JD120-150	jd120-150	NN
1514	1517	per	per	IN
1518	1523	month	month	NN
1523	1524	,	,	,
1525	1528	and	and	CC
1529	1532	the	the	DT
1533	1544	association	association	NN
1545	1552	defrays	defray	VBZ
1553	1560	JD30-50	jd30-50	NN
1561	1563	of	of	IN
1564	1568	that	that	DT
1569	1576	monthly	monthly	JJ
1577	1583	salary	salary	NN
1583	1584	,	,	,
1584	1585	”	''	''
1586	1590	said	say	VBD
1591	1594	the	the	DT
1595	1598	JEA	JEA	NNP
1599	1607	official	official	NN
1607	1608	.	.	.

1615	1618	The	the	DT
1619	1630	association	association	NN
1631	1639	annually	annually	RB
1640	1649	allocates	allocate	VBZ
1650	1659	JD100,000	jd100,000	NN
1660	1663	for	for	IN
1664	1672	training	training	NN
1673	1682	graduates	graduate	NNS
1682	1683	.	.	.

1684	1688	This	this	DT
1689	1693	year	year	NN
1694	1696	it	it	PRP
1697	1702	plans	plan	VBZ
1703	1705	to	to	TO
1706	1714	increase	increase	VB
1715	1718	the	the	DT
1719	1725	number	number	NN
1726	1728	of	of	IN
1729	1737	trainees	trainee	NNS
1738	1740	to	to	TO
1741	1746	1,000	1,000	CD
1747	1756	graduates	graduate	NNS
1756	1757	,	,	,
1758	1763	which	which	WDT
1764	1768	will	will	MD
1769	1776	require	require	VB
1777	1781	more	more	JJR
1782	1787	funds	fund	NNS
1787	1788	.	.	.

1795	1796	“	``	``
1796	1799	The	the	DT
1800	1811	association	association	NN
1812	1814	is	be	VBZ
1815	1822	willing	willing	JJ
1823	1825	to	to	TO
1826	1831	cover	cover	VB
1832	1834	it	it	PRP
1834	1835	,	,	,
1835	1836	”	''	''
1837	1843	Hneidi	Hneidi	NNP
1844	1848	said	say	VBD
1848	1849	.	.	.

1856	1858	As	as	IN
1859	1862	the	the	DT
1863	1874	engineering	engineering	NN
1875	1881	sector	sector	NN
1882	1885	has	have	VBZ
1886	1890	more	more	JJR
1891	1900	graduates	graduate	NNS
1901	1905	than	than	IN
1906	1909	job	job	NN
1910	1918	openings	opening	NNS
1918	1919	,	,	,
1920	1923	the	the	DT
1924	1935	association	association	NN
1935	1937	’s	's	POS
1938	1952	representative	representative	JJ
1953	1960	offices	office	NNS
1961	1963	in	in	IN
1964	1967	the	the	DT
1968	1972	Gulf	Gulf	NNP
1973	1979	states	state	NNS
1980	1984	look	look	VBP
1985	1987	to	to	TO
1988	1993	bring	bring	VB
1994	2003	engineers	engineer	NNS
2004	2008	from	from	IN
2009	2015	Jordan	Jordan	NNP
2016	2018	to	to	TO
2019	2023	work	work	VB
2024	2026	in	in	IN
2027	2030	the	the	DT
2031	2035	Gulf	Gulf	NNP
2035	2036	,	,	,
2037	2041	said	say	VBD
2042	2048	Hneidi	Hneidi	NNP
2048	2049	.	.	.

2056	2068	Unemployment	unemployment	NN
2069	2077	prevails	prevail	VBZ
2078	2084	mainly	mainly	RB
2085	2090	among	among	IN
2091	2099	chemical	chemical	JJ
2099	2100	,	,	,
2101	2111	mechanical	mechanical	JJ
2112	2115	and	and	CC
2116	2121	civil	civil	JJ
2122	2133	engineering	engineering	NN
2134	2143	graduates	graduate	NNS
2143	2144	,	,	,
2145	2147	he	he	PRP
2148	2152	said	say	VBD
2152	2153	,	,	,
2154	2160	adding	add	VBG
2161	2165	that	that	IN
2166	2175	engineers	engineer	NNS
2176	2187	specialised	specialise	VBN
2188	2190	in	in	IN
2191	2201	electrical	electrical	JJ
2201	2202	,	,	,
2203	2211	computer	computer	NN
2212	2215	and	and	CC
2216	2229	architectural	architectural	JJ
2230	2241	engineering	engineering	NN
2242	2246	have	have	VBP
2247	2249	no	no	DT
2250	2257	problem	problem	NN
2258	2265	finding	finding	NN
2266	2270	jobs	job	NNS
2270	2271	.	.	.

2278	2281	The	the	DT
2282	2288	number	number	NN
2289	2291	of	of	IN
2292	2300	students	student	NNS
2301	2303	in	in	IN
2304	2313	Jordanian	jordanian	JJ
2314	2320	public	public	JJ
2321	2324	and	and	CC
2325	2332	private	private	JJ
2333	2345	universities	university	NNS
2345	2346	’	'	POS
2347	2358	engineering	engineering	NN
2359	2370	departments	department	NNS
2371	2373	is	be	VBZ
2374	2380	around	around	RB
2381	2386	6,000	6,000	CD
2386	2387	,	,	,
2388	2397	excluding	exclude	VBG
2398	2403	those	those	DT
2404	2406	in	in	IN
2407	2419	agricultural	agricultural	JJ
2420	2431	engineering	engineering	NN
2431	2432	.	.	.

2433	2439	Around	around	IN
2440	2445	2,000	2,000	CD
2446	2449	new	new	JJ
2450	2459	engineers	engineer	NNS
2460	2465	enter	enter	VBP
2466	2469	the	the	DT
2470	2473	job	job	NN
2474	2480	market	market	NN
2481	2483	on	on	IN
2484	2486	an	an	DT
2487	2493	annual	annual	JJ
2494	2499	basis	basis	NN
2499	2500	.	.	.

2507	2516	Currently	currently	RB
2516	2517	,	,	,
2518	2522	many	many	JJ
2523	2534	engineering	engineering	NN
2535	2543	students	student	NNS
2544	2546	in	in	IN
2547	2559	universities	university	NNS
2560	2566	prefer	prefer	VBP
2567	2569	to	to	TO
2570	2580	specialise	specialise	VB
2581	2583	in	in	IN
2584	2587	the	the	DT
2588	2598	electrical	electrical	JJ
2599	2601	or	or	CC
2602	2610	computer	computer	NN
2611	2622	disciplines	discipline	NNS
2623	2630	because	because	IN
2631	2634	the	the	DT
2635	2641	demand	demand	NN
2642	2645	for	for	IN
2646	2650	them	them	PRP
2651	2653	is	be	VBZ
2654	2660	higher	high	JJR
2660	2661	.	.	.