2 CONTEXT ANALYSIS

2.2 AL-AGHWAR AL-JANUBIYAH

Education

The illiteracy rate among residents of Al-Aghwar Al-Janubiyah has reached 18.6%, which is significantly higher than the general rate in Jordan, which is 9.9%. [1] The number of people who should attend school (6-18 years old) in the region is 24,453. However, only 16,497 of them attend school. [2]

According to the Directorate of Education of the Southern Jordan Valley, no students from three schools in the Southern Jordan Valley were able to pass the Tawjihi exam for three years in a row.

[1] Khalil Zayadin, Productivity Enhancement Centre in Southern Jordan Valley, 2018

[2] Department of Statistics, Annual Report 2019