Amman, April 1 (Petra) -- The Japanese government has provided a $635,656 grant to World Vision Japan to support a project entitled "Inclusive Beginnings: Expanding Early Childhood and Primary Education for All in East Amman (Year 1)." The grant agreement was signed by Japanese Ambassador to Jordan Asari Hideki and Project Manager at World Vision Jordan Ikenoya Rie, in the presence of a number of concerned officials.
The funding is intended to support the creation of an inclusive learning environment for vulnerable groups in the capital, ensuring that all children have access to education and are able to continue their schooling.
In a press release, the Japanese Embassy said on Wednesday the three-year project will in its first year focus on establishing a sustainable and proactive system to strengthen inclusive education in East Amman, which hosts large numbers of refugees and persons with disabilities in Jordan.
The statement said World Vision Japan has supported the education sector in public schools across the Kingdom since 2014, in cooperation with World Vision's Syria Response Office. It added that the Japanese government provided a $660,663 grant in 2025 for a similar project to promote inclusive education in Amman.
The new project builds on previous initiatives by upgrading four kindergartens and seven primary schools that had already received support into model schools, while also establishing a system that enables teachers in those schools to serve as trainers and mentors for neighboring schools.
This approach will help scale up the project's outcomes, broaden its impact, and ensure the sustainability of inclusive education practices beyond the three-year implementation period, paving the way for a practical model that can be applied more widely in the future, the statement said.
The project will target 14 kindergartens and 20 primary schools through several components, most notably early disability screening and individualized support, capacity-building for teachers and school management committees, strengthening local systems that support inclusive education, and promoting knowledge-sharing and dialogue with the Ministry of Education.
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