Education: In January 2019, UNICEF followed up on the Learning for All initiative for the current school year and succeeded in reducing the registration rejected caseload. A total of 492 of 1,042 (47 percent) cases were resolved, with children returning to school. For out-of-school children, 2,944 of 6,702 (44 percent) have been enrolled in schools.

WASH: UNICEF launched a new in-house developed system dedicated for managing all complaints received related to the networks on the hotline. The system is able to categorize and prioritize the complaints and refer the competent authority to take action. The average response time to receive complained is 48-72 hours.

The SGBV WG met regularly in December 2018 reviewing achievements of the annual workplan and starting brainstorming for 2019 planning. Among identified priorities there is a stronger information management system. Moreover the WG has started the development of an app to strengthen the referral pathway. Package for the safe referral training has been updated and disseminated to participants to the ToT for the replication at field level at the beginning of next year.

At the beginning of 2018, 130,668 Syrian refugee children were enrolled in formal education and 29,247 were enrolled in NFE. Nearly one in three of the 233,052 registered Syrian refugee school-aged children were out of any form of education at the beginning of the year. Children across Jordan face geographical and socio-economic disparities in access, overcrowded or dilapidated classrooms, low learning outcomes; social tension, bullying and violence, and few learning pathways for the most vulnerable children.

UNICEF and partners completed the KG Data in August 2018, which indicated that 84 per cent of five to six-year olds have access to KG or KG-like services, an increase from earlier figures which cited 59 per cent of children accessing KGs. The difference identified in the study quantified the number of unlicensed KGs or community centres in the country.

WASH: Bath University along with agreement with UNHCR implemented a pilot project “a new additional features to the existing T-Shelter” in order to improve the living conditions of refugees: Twelve (12) shelters have been tested.

Shelter: By end of November a total of 5,835 Shelters were upgraded and repaired in Azraq and Zaatari camps.

WASH: By end of October, the overall achievement for the indicator “access to adequate quantity of safe water through improved water systems” has been increased to 63 per cent.

Education: ESWG has achieved significant progress in October, with the Non-Formal Education Catch-Up programme, 1,150 (43 per cent female) children were referred back to formal education and 751 out-of-school children were newly enrolled (41 per cent female).

Basic Needs: In October, the BNWG provided around 5,554,507 US$ worth of regular cash, winterization assistances and non-food item (NFIs) to vulnerable beneficiaries from the refugee and host Community.