Lebanon vs Jordan
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Lebanon
Lebanese children learn in three languages โ Arabic, French, and English โ from first grade.
The trilingual education system reflects Lebanon's position between Arab, French, and global cultures.
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.
Lebanon
Lebanon's education system teaches in Arabic, French, or English depending on the school. Private schools educate 70% of children โ one of the highest rates globally. The 2019 economic collapse and 2020 Beirut explosion devastated the education system.
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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