World Economic Forum Investing in Jordan for Education Reform

The Daily Star (Lebanon) reports that the World Economic Forum, an organization of world leaders and CEOs, are investing in the Jordan Education Initiative (JEI) to integrate technology in the classroom. Private donations consist of $15 M from companies such as Cisco ($3 M), Dell, IBM, Intel, and HP; the government is also contributing $5 to $6 M.

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"If you want to look at it from a business perspective, call it market development," JEI program director Emile Cubeisy told The Daily Star.

"But for the country, it's social inclusion, it's opportunities, this is the place where market development and our efforts to reform and advance Jordan's capability are hand in hand, there's nothing wrong with it," he added.