Education
Armenian education is very important in maintaining Armenian language and identity among the Armenian community in Jordan. Amman is host to many Armenian institutions, long-running schools and cultural associations. Armenian students, who graduate from those community schools, can immediately enter the Jordanian High school system, after passing the elementary school classes.
First Armenian school was founded in Jabal Al-Natheef in Amman . Called Hetoumyan Azkayeen Varjaran, it operated in the 1930s. Another smaller school operated in Russeifa founded by Samuel Agha Serpekian.
Currently, two Armenian elementary schools operate in Amman:
- Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU's) Gulbenkian Youzbeshian Varjaran (school) founded 1962. It is based in Ashrafieh region in Amman. It teaches Armenian literature, history and religion in Armenian in to addition to the general school curriculum set by the Jordanian Ministry of Education.
- Sahak Mesrob Armenian Catholic School - also based in Ashrafieh Amman
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