The Ministry of Education of Jordan, in partnership with Amira Learning, Carter Education Group, and NorthStar Education, has launched a national AI-assisted reading initiative across primary schools. The programme uses Amira’s AI-powered reading tutor to support instruction in grades four and seven, with teachers receiving professional development and coaching before a twelve-week instructional phase. The initiative targets up to 800,000 students nationally. It focuses on reading fluency, comprehension, and student engagement through AI-supported practice, and aims to advance Jordan’s English-language development goals.
Who it affects: Students in grades four and seven across participating primary schools, and their teachers, who receive structured coaching before the programme begins. The initiative is framed as a national rollout, though its ultimate reach depends on phased expansion and partnership continuity.
What is notably missing: The programme uses AI as a teaching tool for literacy, not as a subject through which students learn about AI. It does not constitute an AI literacy curriculum in the sense of teaching students to understand, evaluate, or use AI critically. Teacher professional development is tied to the Amira platform, not to broader AI competence. There is no evidence that the initiative includes AI ethics content or that it creates a lasting curriculum framework for AI understanding in Jordanian primary education.