UNITED NATIONS Economic and Social CouncilDistr. GENERAL E/1982/3/Add.38/Rev.1 30 March 1990 ENGLISH Original: ARABIC First regular session of 1990 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Initial reports submitted bv States parties to the Covenant £ga c.amiag_..rigbtA .gpyejeii by artic le s . I I to ..15, in ac.CQEdaag.e Ex.Q nQ B.jLg _and.-So<iiaI. Cauncil. g.esolutjQn 1988 (LX) Addgn iiua JORDAN [17 January 1990] GE.90-15972/1914B 1. Pursuant to the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which has been ratified by the Jordanian Government, article 16 of which stipulates that "the States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to submit in conformity with this part of the Covenant reports on the measures which they have adopted and the progress made in achieving the observance of the rights recognized herein", the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has the honour to submit Jordan's first report on articles 13 to 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 2. The development of education began with the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan in 1921, when a comprehensive educational expansion programme was launched and numerous primary and secondary schools were opened. By 1922, a notable increase had been achieved in the nxomber of schools, which had risen from about 10 to 44. The first teachers' congress was held in 1923, and foxmdation stones were laid for the secondary school at Salt and also for a number of intermediate schools at Amman, Irbid and Karak. The first craft school was established at Amman in 1930. In 1930/31, there were 5,239 students studying at 54 schools staffed by 122 teachers. 3. The educational system comprised a primary stage of seven years' duration 
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The text appears to be a report submitted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, detailing the country's progress in implementing the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The report focuses specifically on education, providing an overview of the country's educational system, its development, and the measures taken to achieve the observance of the rights recognized in the Covenant.

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Education