NCHR report sheds light on remote learning challenges

AMMAN — The National Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), in cooperation with the Cenre for Defending Freedom of Journalists (CDFJ), on Tuesday issued a paper evaluating the remote learning experience in Jordan, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The NCHR clarified that the distance education experience in Jordan, which was imposed by the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, needs great development.

The paper highlighted a set of challenges that directly affected the right to education, represented by the difficulty of engaging a number of students in the learning process, according to the statements of the Ministry of Education, due to the lack of access to the Internet.

The paper indicated that despite recording 28 million views on the Ministry’s educational platform, Darsak, the lack of distance education tools, weak Internet connections and sudden interruptions, were major obstacles undermining the effectiveness of the distance learning experience.

The NCHR pointed to the lack of special tools needed for students with disabilities as some of them have not received daily education commensurate with mental health, audio, visual, behavioural, and language and speech disabilities.

The centre recommended providing students in all regions, especially in remote areas, with distance learning tools as well as developing Internet networks, which would aid the development of tech-based education and the inclusion of people with disabilities of all kinds in the learning process.