Ivory Coast vs Jordan
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast produces 40% of the world's cocoa, much of it harvested by children.
The chocolate in your kitchen likely came from Ivory Coast, where child labor in cocoa farming remains one of the country's most complex challenges.
Jordan
One in five students in Jordanian public schools is a Syrian refugee child.
Jordan hosts 660,000 Syrian refugees, and its schools have absorbed their children through a double-shift system.
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast follows the French 6-4-3 structure. French is the language of instruction. Primary education became compulsory for ages 6 to 16 in 2015. The system uses centralized national curricula and French-style grading.
Jordan
Jordan's 10-2 compulsory system has expanded dramatically to absorb Syrian refugee children. Many schools operate double shifts โ Jordanian children in the morning, Syrian children in the afternoon. Education is free through secondary school.
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