Maldives vs Jordan
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Maldives
Maldivian children grow up on islands averaging just 1.5 meters above sea level.
Climate change makes the Maldives the world's most vulnerable nation โ children here face the prospect of losing their homeland to rising seas.
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.
Maldives
Maldives follows the British system with primary, lower secondary, and higher secondary stages. Dhivehi is the native language, but English is the medium of instruction from grade 1. Islamic studies are compulsory. Education is free and compulsory from ages 6 to 16.
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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