North Macedonia vs Jordan
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
North Macedonia
North Macedonian children celebrate Christmas on January 7 and hunt for coins in special bread.
Orthodox Christmas features pogacha bread with a hidden coin โ the child who finds it is promised good luck for the year.
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.
North Macedonia
North Macedonia follows a 9-4 system with compulsory education from ages 6 to 15. Macedonian is the primary language, with Albanian-language instruction for the significant Albanian minority. Some schools operate in Turkish and Serbian as well.
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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