Education
Education is one of the most important and prominent tools capable of bringing about positive and significant change in children's lives across different aspects. That is why Save the Children Jordan does not hesitate to direct its utmost efforts to make this right accessible to children and emphasize that it is a top priority that should not be overlooked. Through various programs and interventions, the organization works to return children who drop out to school, enhance access to good and quality education, and cater to the needs of children with different mental and physical abilities, no matter their circumstances. The organization also ensures to raise awareness and highlight the importance of early childhood education, as it is just as important as basic or secondary education and strives to make it accessible for all children to prepare them for school.
Inclusive Early Childhood Education
- Early Childhood Care and Development Centers
Save the Children Jordan is one of the leading providers of early childhood services as it manages early education centers located in the governorates and refugee camps in Azraq, Zaatari, and Irbid. These centers accommodate children aged 3 to 5 years, including children with disabilities, and work on preparing them for basic education by providing them with psychological, social, and emotional support, as well as academic education, such as, writing, reading, and mathematics..
The organization also works on providing trainings for parents and caregivers to enhance their ability to contribute to the development of their children and improve their academic performance. In addition, the organization offers a variety of trainings to local institutions so that a positive change at a community-level can be achieved. These trainings will also help increase the abilities of local institutions to support and care for the children of these communities.
Partners and supporters: Save the Children Italy, Bulgari, Johnson & Johnson, Joe Azrack, Abigail Congdon.
Implementation years: 2012-2022
- Strengthening Public Education Systems
As part of its efforts to ensure that all children have access to high-quality early childhood education by 2025, the organization has designed and developed a quality system for kindergartens in the Kingdom, in line with the Ministry of Education's strategic plan for 2018-2022 and the National Human Resources Development Strategy for 2016-2025.
Partners and supporters: Ministry of Education, Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education
Implementation years: 2018- 2019
Teacher Professional Development (TPD)
- Transforming Refugee Education towards Excellence (TREE)
The ‘Transforming Refugee Education towards Excellence’ Program was launched in 2019 with an overall objective for children in the MOE schools to grow socially and emotionally, together with their teachers, and to become more engaged learners as a result of teachers having improved wellbeing and adopting improved teaching practices.
The program replaces traditional professional development techniques, which rely heavily on expert training and follow-up, with a 50:30:20 evidence-based approach. This approach involves three key aspects: expert training (20%), peer-based learning (30%), and self-learning methods (50%). Read More
Partners and supporters: Save the Children UK, Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-Well), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Jordanian Ministry of Education, Community Jameel , Dubai Cares, Hikma Pharmaceuticals.
Implementation years: 2019- 2023
Non-formal Education
- Makani Educational Centers
In response to the Syrian crisis and what it left behind from out-of-school children and others being exposed to violence, Save the Children Jordan operated 12 educational centers under the title "Makani", as well as 44 educational tents in host communities. These centers and tents provided children with literacy and numeracy classes to prepare them for school, in addition to providing supportive and innovative educational activities for children with learning disabilities. As part of these educational activities, they ensure to use building blocks (LEGO bricks) that add a fourth dimension to play-based activities, as well as leverage technology and digital games to improve numeracy and mathematical skills.
The organization also directed its efforts towards providing safe learning environments within schools and classrooms and ensured that children who were exposed to violence were empowered and supported through its training workshops. And to strengthen all its efforts and ensure that children have access to education, the organization’s team conducted home visits to shed light on the importance of education and schooling.
Partners and supporters: UNICEF
Implementation years: 2015 - 2018
- Provision of Support for IDP and Refugee Children and their Families in Jordan
Save the Children Jordan works on providing various types of support to displaced children and refugees, so that they can become active members of their new communities, obtain an education, and pursue a better future. The Provision of Support for IDP and Refugee Children and their Families in Jordan program was implemented as a part of the ongoing efforts of the organization to provide psychological care and educational opportunities to children affected by the Syrian crisis, including those with disabilities. In addition, the program also aims to strengthen the different abilities of children and direct them to receive the services they need.
The program offered a range of trainings to teachers to enhance their ability to deliver the curricula to students and contribute to improving their behavior. The program has also provided many parents with positive parenting sessions with the aim of uniting all efforts to support children and improve their academic performance.
Partners and supporters: Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Naya Community Network, Sanabel El Kheer Society
Implementation years: 2019- 2021
Cash for Education
- Enabling Access to Quality Child Protection Services
The program targets children vulnerable to child labor in Zaatari camp and girls at risk of child marriage and provides them with financial support to ensure they have access to education, protection services, case management and psychosocial support. It also targets the families of these children through a number of awareness workshops, trainings that help build their basic skills, as well as financial and administration educational courses, works ethics, and many more.
The organization has also worked on forming community task forces and committees for child protection to unite and strengthen efforts, as well as proposing and implementing several advocacy initiatives aimed at responding to the presented needs.
Partners and supporters: Save the Children Korea, Save the Children International
Implementation years: 2018- 2019
- Enabling Access to Educational Pathways and Safer Learning Environments
Children dropping out of school is one of the main problems that the organization focuses its attention on. And through this program, it aims to return children from across the Kingdom back to their schools and ensure that they are in a safe and encouraging educational environment. The program also works on identifying the different challenges that hinder the educational process, such as child labor and child marriage, and then works on finding appropriate solutions to them. Through case management services, children and their families receive cash assistance to cover educational opportunities.
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, the program continued to provide children with protection and cash assistant to access education, as well as support the Ministry of Education’s efforts to facilitate children’s access to the ministry’s e-learning platform. In addition, the program provided school principals with a number of trainings to guide them on how to make classrooms a safe and encouraging place for children, thus reducing the number of children dropping out
Partners and supporters: European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid, Intersos, Terre des Hommes
Implementation years: 2018 - 2020
New Technology in Education
- Every Child Learning
Save the Children Jordan is constantly affirming its commitment to directing its efforts towards ensuring that every child has access to quality education in an encouraging and inclusive environment. Through a series of key purposeful interventions, the “Every Child Learning” program aims to use innovative technologies to improve the educational process for children and the psychological and social wellbeing of both student and teachers in host communities. It also aims to help communities play a more active role in supporting educational policies.
The activities offered for children include Arabic language remedial classes, using a teaching application called “Space Hero”, which improves accounting and mathematical skills through digital games, and establishing a library for smart devices in all target schools.
Partners and supporters: Pearson Education Foundation
Implementation years: 2017- 2019
