World Bank2014-09-152014-09-152013https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20148Human Development in Jordan has witnessed significant progress over the past two decades, in line with Jordan s vision to become a regional leader through leveraging its strong human capital base into a skills, knowledge and innovation driven economy. Evidence of progress on this front is provided by the advancement of the country s human development and education indicators. Between 1980 and 2011, the Human Development Index (HDI) value increased by 29 percent, the adult literacy rate reached 92.6 percent; the primary school completion rate hit 100 percent and combined gross enrolment reached 79 percent. In the decade prior to the global financial slowdown of 2008 and the subsequent political unrest in the region, Jordan experienced rapid economic growth, outperforming the MENA average.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC PROGRAMSACCESS TO KNOWLEDGEACCREDITATIONADULT LITERACYADULT LITERACY RATEBASIC EDUCATIONCAREERCAREER GUIDANCECENTERS OF EXCELLENCECERTIFICATION SYSTEMCITIZENCITIZENSCIVIC ENGAGEMENTCIVIL SERVICECIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCLASSROOMSCLIMATE CHANGECOLLEGE LEVELCOLLEGESCOMMUNITY COLLEGECOMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEMCOMMUNITY COLLEGESCURRICULACURRICULUMCURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTDECISION MAKINGDEGREE PROGRAMSDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDESIGNING CURRICULADEVELOPMENT PLANSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESEARLY CHILDHOODECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIC PROGRESSECOSYSTEMEDUCATED WORKFORCEEDUCATION BUDGETEDUCATION EXPENDITURESEDUCATION POLICIESEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION REFORMEDUCATION REFORMSEDUCATION SPENDINGEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL REFORMEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENROLLMENTENROLMENTSETHICSEXAMFEMALE STUDENTSFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFORMAL TRAINING PROGRAMSGENDER GAPGENERAL EDUCATIONGLOBAL COMPETITIVENESSGLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORTGOVERNMENT AGENCIESGOVERNMENT SUPPORTGROSS ENROLMENTHIGH SCHOOLSHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLYHIGHLY SKILLED LABORHOLISTIC MANNERHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESHUMAN RIGHTSINFLUX OF REFUGEESINFORMATION SYSTEMINNOVATIVE TEACHINGINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSTRUCTIONINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERVENTIONSJOB CREATIONJOB OPPORTUNITIESJOB SEEKERSKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET NEEDSLABOR MARKET REQUIREMENTSLABOR SUPPLYLABOR UNIONSLABOUR MARKETLEADERSHIPLEARNING RESOURCESLIFELONG LEARNINGLIMITED RESOURCESLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL UNIVERSITIESMANDATESMIGRATIONMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONNATIONAL AGENDANATIONAL COUNCILNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIESNATIONAL DIALOGUENATIONAL EFFORTSNATIONAL GOALSNATIONAL LEADERSNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL PLANNATIONAL PLANSNATIONAL PRIORITIESNATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKNATIONAL STRATEGIESNATURAL RESOURCESNEW ENTRANTSNON-FORMAL TRAININGPAPERSPARTICIPATION RATESPARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRYPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPOLICY ANALYSISPOLICY DEVELOPMENTPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY GOALSPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLITICAL PARTIESPOLITICAL TURMOILPOLITICAL UNRESTPOPULATION COUNCILPOST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETIONPRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATEPRIVATE COLLEGESPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSPRIVATE TRAININGPUBLIC AGENCIESPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC SCHOOLSPUBLIC SUPPORTQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMSQUALITY CONTROLQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF LIFEQUALITY STANDARDSREFUGEESREMITTANCESRESEARCH INSTITUTIONSRESPECTRETRAININGRURAL AREASSAFETY NETSSCHOLARSHIPSSCIENTIFIC RESEARCHSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSKILL DEVELOPMENTSKILLED HUMAN RESOURCESSKILLED LABORSKILLED WORKERSSKILLED WORKFORCESKILLS ACQUISITIONSKILLS DEVELOPMENTSKILLS TRAININGSOCIAL COUNCILSOCIAL PROGRESSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL WELFARESPECIAL NEEDSSTRATEGIC PRIORITIESTEACHERSTEACHINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL COLLEGESTECHNICAL EDUCATIONTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCESTELECOMMUNICATIONSTRADE UNIONSTRAINING CENTERSTRAINING INSTITUTIONSTRAINING PROGRAMSTRAINING SERVICESTRANSPORTATIONUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNIVERSITIESUNIVERSITY EDUCATIONUNIVERSITY LEVELUNIVERSITY PROGRAMSURBANIZATIONVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL TRAININGWORKFORCEWORKING CONDITIONSWORKING-AGE POPULATIONYOUNG PEOPLEYOUTH10.1596/20148