Education in the Time of COVID-19 in Jordan: A Roadmap for Short, Medium, and Long-Term Responses

In Jordan, more than 2 million students across public, private, and United
Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East
(UNRWA) schools have had their education interrupted since schools closed
in mid-March 2020. With the spread of COVID-19, Jordan took the quick
decision to implement lockdown but to continue with education, albeit
delivering its content remotely. The Ministry of Education (MoE) developed a
quick response plan to provide a sense of normalcy for students as well as
prevent the risk of students dropping out due to interruption in learning.
Perfect is the enemy of good, therefore the plan to continue with education
went into action rapidly despite facing a number of challenges. This report
aims to briefly outline the MoE response to COVID-19 in Jordan, and build
on this response to visualize a roadmap for important interventions on the
short, medium, and long terms. This roadmap is visualized based on
emerging global resources during the pandemic and knowledge from
education in emergency situations.