enrolled compared to the very low 61% of ex-Gazans in the remaining camps. Females are
somewhat more often enrolled than males. The gender difference is about 1.5 percentage
points amongst ex-Gazans in Jerash and non-ex-Gazans but is nearly 4% amongst exGazans residing in camps other than Jerash. To summarize, ex-Gazans in Jerash are more
or less on a par with other Palestinian refugees and it is rather ex-Gazans not living in
Jerash who are significantly less likely to be enrolled in education.
Per cent
Figure 14 Current enrolment in formal education. Individuals aged 6-24 by ex-Gaza status. Percentage (n=86,446).
100
80
60
40
20
0
Ex-Gazans, Jerash camp
Other ex-Gazans
Other Palestinian refugees
Basic schooling
A similar pattern emerges when we limit our sample to children aged 6 to 15, with exGazans outside Jerash the least likely to be enrolled in education. As shown in Table 19,
ex-Gaza children in Jerash camp are slightly less likely to be enrolled in basic schooling
than non-ex-Gaza children (but they are more often enrolled in pre-school). On the other
hand, a higher share of ex-Gazans in Jerash than ex-Gazans in other camps attend school
(a difference of 3 percentage points). The gender difference is minimal.
Table 19 Current enrolment of children aged 6-15 by ex-Gaza status and gender. Percentage (n=49,197).
Ex-Gazans,
Jerash
camp
Other exGazans
Other
Palestinian
refugees
All aged 615
Enrolled in
Kindergarten
Enrolled in formal
education
Not enrolled
Total
n
Boys
4
90
7
100
1,797
Girls
4
90
6
100
1,767
All
4
90
6
100
3,564
Boys
4
87
9
100
1,794
Girls
4
88
9
100
1,877
All
4
87
9
100
3,671
Boys
3
92
5
100
21,528
Girls
3
92
5
100
20,434
All
3
92
5
100
41,962
Boys
3
92
6
100
25,120
Girls
3
92
5
100
24,087
All
3
92
5
100
49,197
UNRWA provides elementary and preparatory schooling (ten years total) in all Palestinian
refugee camps throughout Jordan (with the partial exception of Hussein camp in Amman
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