Jordan vs Uzbekistan
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
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.
Uzbekistan
Uzbek children learn to make bread in tandoor ovens as one of their first household duties.
Non (flatbread) is sacred in Uzbek culture โ children learn never to place it upside down and to kiss it if it falls.
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.
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan uses a 4-5-2-4 structure. Uzbek is the main language of instruction, with Russian and Karakalpak also available. Eleven years of schooling are compulsory. The system is being reformed away from Soviet-era rote learning.
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