Comparison

Jordan vs India

Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.

At a glance

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.

India

In India, children in the same city can attend schools ranging from under a tree to campuses rivaling Silicon Valley.

India's education system spans extraordinary extremes โ€” from world-class tech academies to open-air classrooms โ€” reflecting the country's vast economic diversity.

How they compare
School systems
Refugee-absorbing model

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.

Exam-driven model

India

A vast system spanning 1.5 million schools with enormous variation in quality. The 2020 National Education Policy (NEP) aims to shift from rote learning to conceptual understanding, restructuring schooling into a 5+3+3+4 model beginning at age 3.

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