Serbia vs Jordan
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Serbia
Serbian children celebrate two birthdays โ their own and their name day (slava).
Each Serbian family has a patron saint whose feast day (slava) is celebrated annually with special rituals, food, and gifts for children.
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.
Serbia
Serbia follows an 8-4 system with compulsory education from ages 6.5 to 15. Serbian is the language of instruction using Cyrillic and Latin scripts. Children learn both alphabets. Minority languages are used in areas with significant populations.
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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