Challenges faced by primary school students in Jordan in learning Islamic education online

Abstract

Background: Jordan is an Islamic country with a substantial percentage of its population belonging to the Muslim community. It teaches the younger generation Islamic knowledge (Malkawi, 2020). Islamic teaching consists of the preaching of the Quran, Sunnah, and Islamic history to the students. In Jordan, the three basics of Islamic education are given to children. However, with the surge of the COVID wave, the lockdown was imposed all around the country and education was made online. Online education did not satisfy teachers and students because of different issues including technical issues and social issues. Results: Analysing the response from the interview conducted, it can be said that mainly the technical issues faced by the teachers and students of Jordanian primary schools were mostly related to lagging and troubleshooting issues of the Dark application used by them to conduct online classes. Some of the difficulties were caused by distraction in a home environment, difficulty in accurate assessments of the students, no or less physical interaction, absence of practice-based learning and the lack of digital literacy. Conclusion: Since COVID-19 online education has been on the verge to rise in different parts of the world, including Jordan.