| Project Detail |
Switzerland aims to reduce barriers to sustainable solutions for children and adolescents through education programming in Jordan. With the project planned initiatives, capacity strengthening, evidence-based research and training, the school community will be mobilized for positive action within their schools and the improved knowledge and practices will increase the overall quality of teaching and learning, which in turn will improve retention rates in formal schools.
Refugees in Jordan will continue to live in protracted displacement in the medium to long term, uncertain of whether they could ever reach any of the three durable solutions to displacement: return, resettlement, or local integration. Despite the measures put in place by the Government of Jordan, and the commitment of the international community translated into financial and technical assistance, barriers persist in terms of refugees becoming self-reliant while in Jordan.
National-level measures, put in place by the Ministry of Education to cope with the influx of refugee school age children and, consequently, with the pressure on the education system, present challenges in the short/medium term as the system and schools across the country struggle to cope with the additional burden of students as a result of the Syrian crisis on one hand and the shift of hundreds of thousands students from private to public schools as a result of the worsening economic conditions in the country on the other. Burdened schools, especially double-shift schools (DSS) hosting refugees, are experiencing protection issues and limited readiness for teaching and learning. Under experienced teachers in these schools lack the pedagogical skills or experience necessary to effectively address issues of over crowdedness, disrupted classrooms, or to support children dealing with the effects of trauma or stress. Many children continue to be in need of additional support to be able to learn, keep up with the learning programme, and actively participate inside their classrooms.
Objectives Increase access to quality education for refugee and vulnerable children through school and national-level focused education programming. |
