Jordon’s Ministry of Education (MoE) and in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), UNESCO launched the project “Towards Greater Inclusion and Diversity in Education in Jordan.”
The initiative will closely coordinate and collaborate with the Higher Council on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in ensuring improved access to and inclusive quality education for all.
This project seeks to provide technical assistance and specialized expertise to the Ministry of Education in their efforts towards inclusion, in line with the goals and priorities outlined in the National 10-Years Strategy for Inclusive Education 2020-2030 and the Education Strategic Plan 2018-2022.
In 2019, GIZ developed jointly with the MoE a 3-year programme ‘Promoting quality in inclusive education in Jordan-PROMISE,’ funded through the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). ‘PROMISE’ aims at improving equal access to and quality of primary and secondary public schools in Jordan.
The programme focuses on schoolchildren from KG2 to Grade 10, focusing on children living with disabilities. UNESCO will support two main components of the PROMISE programme related to system strengthening and capacity development in this framework.
Ms. Costanza Farina, UNESCO Representative to Jordan “With the world having just celebrated the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December, and with the upcoming 60th anniversary of the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education, UNESCO is excited to engage in this new partnership and contribute to inclusive and quality education for all”
This new partnership will help the MoE improve access to and quality education for all children and youth regardless of their gender, abilities, disabilities, backgrounds, and circumstances. This partnership’s first activity, which was initiated this week, is an Institutional Capacity Needs Assessment on Inclusive Education in Jordan. This participatory process will be used to collect data and information on how institutions’ competencies can be strengthened to provide better services. The findings will inform the formulation of a capacity development strategy and raise awareness on the rights of all children to quality education in more inclusive and diverse educational settings in Jordan.
