Amman, July 20 (Petra) — The Ministry of Education, through the
Queen Rania Al Abdullah Center for Education Technology and
Information, and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Monday 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.

It was sealed by Minister of Education Azmi Mahafzah and UNHCR
Representative in Jordan Maria Stavropoulou, according to a ministry
statement.

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.

It 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 said the agreement will also help policymakers evaluate
the impact of education policies and initiatives, strengthen
evidence-based decision-making, and improve the design and
implementation of education policies.

It also provides for linking UNHCR’s database with the Ajyal
educational platform.

//Petra// NQ