Australia, Canada, the European Union, Germany, Norway, the UK and the US announced Monday (September 17th) that they will make available 51 million Jordanian dinars ($71.8 million) to fund the Jordanian government's plan for accelerating access to quality formal education for Syrian refugee children in school year 2018-2019.
Through the "Accelerating Access to Education Initiative", Jordan with support from donors will provide quality public education to an estimated 130,000 Syrian refugee children, the Jordan Times reported.
The grant will also help in employing and training new teachers, financing salaries for teachers and administrative staff, opening additional double shift schools, purchasing school books, providing tuition fees, and covering operations costs, according to a statement by the Ministry of Education.
During an event Monday where the announcement was made, Minister of Education Azmi Mahafzah reiterated Jordan’s commitment to provide education for all children.
Officials and donors agreed that the focus of this year will be on reaching children still not in school, including increasing access to kindergarten.
The Ministry of Education stressed that it will continue to focus on equity of education. Schools also will be better equipped by providing electricity to all camp schools, and increasing the number of libraries, computer labs and science labs in them.
