Lithuania vs Jordan
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Lithuania
Lithuanian children celebrate Uzgavenes by burning a giant effigy of winter called More.
The Shrovetide festival features children in masks battling winter through songs, dances, and pancake feasting before burning the winter witch.
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.
Lithuania
Lithuania follows a 4-6-2 system with compulsory education from ages 6 to 16. Lithuanian is the language of instruction, with Polish and Russian minority schools. The system has been reformed since independence in 1990 to align with EU standards.
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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