Khaberni - A government survey showed that only 2.6% of households or their members in Jordan have used the services of future stations (formerly knowledge stations), while 97.4% did not use these stations.
According to the recently published survey, the stations received an excellent rating.
Knowing the areas for which the households used the stations, (62.1%) used them for internet access, followed by the use of e-government services at (30.1%), and for training, the percentage was (22.8%) across the kingdom.
To understand the reasons for not using the future stations' services by households, (42.3%) did not know what the knowledge stations were, meaning they had never heard of them before.
The idea of Jordanian knowledge stations was crystallized from King Abdullah II's vision of transitioning to a digital and knowledge economy, which was represented by enabling the Jordanian citizen to use information and communications technology as an effective tool for serving the local community across various segments. The initiative to establish information technology centers and community services (later named the Jordanian Knowledge Stations Initiative) was launched in 2001, and in 2025 it transformed into (Future Stations).
In December 2025, Sami Samirat, the Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, said that the knowledge stations' platforms were revisited through building a new strategy to transform them into "Future Stations," amid the spread of the internet, for use in teaching software and artificial intelligence technologies, and the importance of the English language as future skills required by the job market. He noted the start of establishing future stations, where there is a station in Marka and another in Karak.
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship recently announced a summary of the results of a survey on the use and spread of telecommunications and information technology in homes for the year 2024.
The statistical survey in 2024 covered a sample of (8,270) households ensuring representation at the level of the kingdom and the three regions (north, central, south, and at the level of urban and rural areas, and across the provinces), based on the framework provided by the results of the General Population and Housing Census of 2015.
The survey results contribute to forming policies and strategies that enhance digital penetration and provide citizens with the necessary skills to achieve sustainable development. Additionally, these indicators serve as a primary input for international reports such as those of the International Telecommunication Union, enhancing Jordan's global position and reflecting its ongoing efforts in the digital field.
