Three new schools inaugurated at Azraq Refugee Camp

By JT - Dec 05,2016 - Last updated at Dec 05,2016

AMMAN — Three new schools have been opened recently for Syrian children at the Azraq Refugee Camp, according to a UNICEF statement released this week. Ministry of Education officials and representatives of donors to the Jordan Compact Education Fund — including ambassadors of the EU and Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK and the US — attended the inauguration ceremony.

Over 35,000 Syrians are currently living in the Azraq Refugee Camp, including close to 13,000 children of school age. “With just two schools [that had been] operational in the camp accommodating about 6,000 children, more than half of the children, close to 7,000 children, were out of the formal education system,” the statement said. “The opening of the three new schools will ensure that there is adequate space in school for every child of school-going age,” it added.

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