Project profile — Education for Jordan Prosperity

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) the Ministry of Education developed a more inclusive, gender-responsive and environmentally-aware education system; (2) field directorates and schools provide higher-quality education services in an inclusive, gender-responsive and environmentally-aware manner; and (3) parents and communities are engaged in girls’ and boys’ development and learning inside and outside the classroom.

Results achieved as of March 2023 include: (1) the Ministry of Education launched a Crisis and risk management strategy, an Education management information system and an open data portal. It integrated Gender equality in the education strategy across policies and in the Early childhood development framework; (2) enrolled more than 1.6 million children, including over 151,000 Syrian refugee children, in formal public pre-primary, primary and secondary education; (3) 56,840 (61% women) in-service educators, including teachers, principals, supervisors and counsellors, completed continuing professional development courses in-person and online; (4) 2,038 (56% women) newly qualified teachers completed preservice training on pedagogy, gender equality and inclusion, and environment sustainability; (5) trained and certified 727 newly appointed education supervisors and principals (67% women); and (6) created parent-teacher associations at all 4,007 schools, established 378 education councils and conducted five community awareness-raising campaigns on the importance of learning recovery and remedial education post-COVID pandemic. This include, education for all, including refugees and children with disabilities, education quality and the role of teachers.