Amman: The Ministry of Education, through the Queen Rania Al Abdullah Center for Education Technology and Information, and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) signed a data-sharing agreement to facilitate the exchange of personal information on refugees and asylum seekers in support of their integration into the Kingdom's national education system.
According to Jordan News Agency, Minister of Education Azmi Mahafzah and UNHCR Representative in Jordan Maria Stavropoulou sealed the agreement. The agreement establishes a framework for exchanging personal data collected and maintained by the ministry's Queen Rania Al Abdullah Center for Education Technology and Information and UNHCR.
The initiative aims to support the integration of refugee and asylum-seeker students into Jordan's national education system in line with UNHCR policies and the government's education strategy. Under the agreement, UNHCR will provide technical support to enhance the student module within the Queen Rania Al Abdullah Center's Student Information System, enabling the ministry to verify the legal status of refugee and asylum-seeker students using information from the proGres v4 database.
The ministry stated that the agreement will also assist policymakers in evaluating the impact of education policies and initiatives, strengthening evidence-based decision-making, and improving the design and implementation of education policies. Additionally, it provides for linking UNHCR's database with the Ajyal educational platform.