learning, mentoring program for school teachers, decentralized school management, continous

professional development of teachers, access to after school-hours tuition, parental involvement

in school, more in-service training provision and improved physical facilities in school. Greater

provision of ICT facilities, greater provision of Islamic schools, affordable private schools were

not perceived as an important to improving educaiton quality in Jordan.

Figure 3.1.12: Main Priorities for Investment to Improve Quality of Primary and Secondary

Education in Jordan

Source:

Author’s calculation based on stakeholders survey data.

The majority of the respondents perceived government schools to be inadequately funded, both

at primary and secondary level. In order to ascertain education reform-related priorities and

preferences of the stakeholders, they were asked to comment on a hypothetical situation where

extra funding could be made available to improve the quality of education. Respondents were

then requested to identify three priority areas where this extra funding could be allocated,

separately for primary and secondary education.

Figure 3.1.12

summarizes the responses. At

the primary level, the two most frequently mentioned priority areas are leadership training

program for head teachers and increasing teacher salary. This is followed by more spending on

school building, better guidance and counselling service, ICT facilities for rural schools, develop

new teaching and learning materials, additional funding for low-performing schools,

development of soft skills, free provision of after school tuition, building more classrooms,

placement of teachers to high-performing schools, more in-service training provision and hiring

more teachers to reduce class size and build more schools. The provision of scholarship was not

viewed as relevant to improving education quality in the primary sector if extra funding became

available.

0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6

More scholarship for poor children

More spending on school building

ICT facilities for rural school

Additional funding for low-performing/rural…

Develop new teaching/learning materials

Free provision of learning materials

Free provision of after-school extra tuition

Increase teacher salary

Hire more teachers to reduce class size

Hire more female teachers

Improve guidance and counseling service

Build more schools

Build more classroom