We support education reform initiatives in Jordan designed to enhance access to, and improve quality of education at school and university levels.
We work on developing and facilitating partnerships between educational institutions in Jordan and the UK.
The ICT in Education project was launched in 2005 with the aim of achieving four main outcomes in five NENA countries (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria):
- Facilitate and develop a regional ‘think-tank’ of key stakeholders and influencers
- Train 30 secondary teachers from each county in using and embedding ICT in English, Maths and Science
- Support teachers in building a portfolio through a follow-up support programme to the training
- Establish and support a regional online Community of Practice for participating teachers, a key component of the follow-up support aspect of the teacher training programme
The project concluded its three year life cycle with a number of major achievements across the region:
- Accreditation of the training programme by the Ministry of Education in Jordan and Lebanon
- Development of training manuals in both Arabic and English in the five participating countries
- Building the capacity of core team of trainers within the Ministry of Education in each of the five participating countries
- Establishing links on the regional level for knowledge sharing purposes
Following a regional ICT in Education conference in early 2007, the project was extended for another year to focus on one priority area, educational leadership, which required further development, being relatively a new concept in the five participating countries. A training programme was developed based on the UK SLICT programme and 35 head teachers in each country were selected to attend the training. It aimed to build the capacity of education leaders in leading and implementing the vision for ICT and learning in the school.
The last year of the project witnessed a range of major outcomes across the five countries, all building on the success achieved in the previous years. Jordan, for example, took on the responsibility to further expand the base of trained education leaders. The cascade training model was replicated to disseminate the training to more than 500 education leaders across Jordan. Lebanon and Egypt succeeded in their outreach programme to train more than 300 each to help embed ICT in teaching.
The British Council is supporting a field trip by a team of UK specialists, teachers, and headteachers to the Badia area of Jordan from 23 – 01 November 2008. The delegation will be met and accompanied by a group of Jordanian Ministry of Education teachers throughout their stay.
The main objective of the project is to contribute to the sustainable development of the Badia by:
- Suggesting projects that will involve local people in a variety of roles
- Suggesting projects that will improve the sustainability of the population of the Badia
- Providing a framework for studies in the Badia that will serve to educate students as well as visitors (tourists) who live outside the Badia, whether in Jordan or from abroad.
One tangible outcome would be the development of teaching units delivered in Jordanian schools to raise the awareness in Jordan of the Badia region.
The longterm outcome is to create a starting point for present and future sharing of experience between the UK team and their Jordanian counterparts as well as achieving international links and exchanges between the UK and Jordanian schools.
http://www.badiaproject.org.uk/
The project aims at enhancing the creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship of IT professionals and students to increase their opportunities to compete in the global market. This British government funded project, which was launched in late 2001, has been working on building networks between the Jordanian IT sector and their counterparts in the UK, enabling knowledge transfer and rewarding outstanding students.
This initiative aims to bring together representatives from two UK universities, Jordanian universities, educational institutions, government organisations (GOs) and non-government organisations (NGOs) to discuss the status of social work in Jordan and identify areas in which the universities from Jordan and the UK will cooperate.
Jordanian and UK universities signed a cooperative agreement on 31 May 2006 in London where the Jordan River Foundation in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al- Abdullah launched the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) UK chapter.
The Social Work Conference will be on 7 and 8 October 2008 “Exploring the Reality, Expanding the Vision” marks the end of the Social Work Initiative and will draw together social work professionals, policy makers, educators and researchers in order to reflect on current social work practice in Jordan and discuss the opportunities for development. The conference will also mark the launch of the Jordanian Association of Social Work that aims to encompass the three key aspects of social work in the Kingdom: the professionalization of Social Work, development of social policy and social work education. The conference will facilitate open dialogue across national, regional and international boundaries and recommendations of the conference will be a benchmark in the history of professionalizing social work in Jordan.
For more information about our recent projects, please contact
Projects and Programmes Managers
British Council, First Circle, Jabal Amman
PO Box 634, Amman 11118, Jordan
Telephone +962 6 4603420
Fax +962 6 4656413
E-mail info@britishcouncil.org.jo
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