School Rehabilitation in Jordan
February 2017
FACTS & FIGURES
Population Jordan
9.5 million
Syrian refugees in Jordan
> 642,000 (UNHCR April 2016)
Syrian refugees of school age in
Jordan
> 220,000 students of which only
143,000 are enrolled in public
schools
Budget
CHF 4,83 million (incl. CHF
1,050,000 from the Principality of
Liechtenstein)
Duration of Project
June 2012 to April 2018
Beneficiaries
Completed:
Total of 58 schools (in different
governorates, including Amman) for
47,000 Syrian and Jordanian students between the ages of 9 and 17.
The total number of Syrian students
registered in these schools is
around 4,700.
Ongoing:
The 4th phase will cover 30 schools,
benefitting approx. 25,000 students,
including minimum 3,000 Syrian
children.
Achievements
- Protective school environment
- Better integration of Syrian
school children
- Improved hygienic situation
- Mitigating tensions between
local population and refugees
Partners
Jordanian Ministry of Education;
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ; local
civil society organisation
Contact
Phone: +962 6 585 6020
Fax:
+962 6 581 5956
Email:
[email protected]
Web:
https://www.eda.admin.ch/Swiss_Co
operation_Amman
Girls and boys schools rehabilitated in Jordan
Rehabilitation of Schools in Jordan
The Syria crisis continues to have a profound impact on Jordan’s education sector.
Overcrowded classrooms, lack of trained and experienced teachers and deficient
maintenance are major challenges. Another major challenge the schools are facing is
the increasing phenomena of vandalism by students. Economic pressure weighs heavily
on many families, affecting the capacities of parents to provide orientation to their
children, causing frustration and anger on their side. A similar situation applies for Syrian children. Their behavior can additionally be attributed to the destruction and violence they have witnessed in Syria or while fleeing.
Of the 226,000 school-aged Syrian boys and girls registered as refugees, 143,000 are
already enrolled in public schools. There remain however around 83’000 Syrian refugees of school age who are out of school. In a joint effort with the international community, the MoE pursues an ambitious plan to assure accelerated access to formal education for 50’000 out-of-school Syrian refugee children, through establishing 102 double shift schools additionally to the 98 existing ones.
Recognizing the essential role that access to education and of a burden sharing, the
Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) launched in June 2012 a school rehabilitation
project with the Jordanian Ministry of Education (MoE).
The current phase was launched in May 2016, based on lessons learnt from previous
phases. It aims at contributing to a better and safer learning environment through nonstructural rehabilitation of approx. 30 public schools hosting Syrian refugee children,
including repairing electrical installations and sanitation units. In line with the MoE
plans, an increased focus is given to expending the accommodation capacities of double shift schools. Safety and security concerns will be put further in the focus and the
MoE shall be supported with technical capacity to manage rehabilitation work.
As in previous phases, the project will comprise an awareness-raising component on
maintenance as well as sanitation and hygiene conditions. Regarding the later, a close
collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit German (GIZ) is foreseen.
“In several classrooms, there were no seats or tables for the students; now, with
what we’ve received through the project, I can open more classrooms.”
School Principal in Ramtha
“I am very happy at school; it’s so beautiful, all bright and shiny!”
Bushra, refugee girl from Daraa