EducationFacts and figures Education is the largest public service sector within the PA; educational services in the WBGS are provided by the public (PA), UNRWA, private and NGO sectors, with the latter two dominating the pre-school and tertiary levels while the others focus on basic and secondary education. Many schools are overcrowded, with some 25% operating on more than one shift.
The Palestinian school system is a two-stream system (literary and scientific) that consists of primary and secondary grades. After the ninth school year, students must choose a stream along which to complete the required 12 years of schooling, which end with the Tawjihi (matriculation) exam; passing is a condition for university or college enrollment.
The Palestinian Ministry of Education was established in 1994 and the first ever Palestinian national curriculum introduced into schools in Sept. 2000 (replacing the Jordanian and Egyptian curricula that were used since the occupation in 1967). At a Glance Total Number of Schools
2,276
(WB: 1,715, GS: 561) Total
Number of
Teachers 48,674 Students
enrolled
(WBGS)
1,078,488
(WB: 637,613, GS: 440,875)
of which:
- elementary 953,621
- secondary
124,867 Projected no. of students
2009/10
1,441,455
(male: 733,108, female: 708,347) Classes
31,001
(WB:
20,390, GS: 10,611) Literacy
rate (2004)
92.3% (male: 96.5%, female: 88%) Repetition rate (2003/04):
1.4% (males: 1.5%, females: 1.2% ) Drop-out rate (2003/04): 0.9% (males: 1.0%, females: 0.9%)
(Sources: Ministry of
Education, Statistics about Palestinian General Education, 2005/06; PCBS,
Palestinian Children - Rights and Numbers, 2005.) Basic & Secondary Education: Teachers, Schools & Students by Supervising
Authority, 2005/2006
incl. Waqf and
private schools in Distribution of Students per Class
/ Teacher by Supervising Authority
(Source: Ministry
of Education, Statistics about Palestinian General Education,
2005/2006.) Vocational Training In the school year 2005/06, there were 5,999 students
enrolled in 279 vocational training classes. These were distributed in
90 schools as follows:
(Source:
Ministry of Education, Statistics about Palestinian General Education,
2005/2006.)
During Al-Aqsa Intifada, Israeli forces have destroyed at least 269 schools through shelling, closed 9 schools and turned them into military posts, and have closed hundreds of other schools for various periods. (PCBS, Palestinian Children - Rights and Numbers, Ramallah, 2005.) According to the Ministry of Education, since the beginning of the Intifada losses due to shellings, closures, vandalism, etc. have exceeded US$5.2 million in Palestinian schools and US$4.85 million in universities. Higher Education University Colleges
13 - Students enrolled
(2004/05)
6,034 (male: 2,681, female: 3,353) - Graduates
(2003/04)
1,879
(male: 573, female: 1,306) - Academic Teaching Staff (2004/05)
402
(male: 277, female: 125) Community Colleges (up to diploma)
19
- Students enrolled
(2004/05)
9,002 (male: 5,070, female: 3,932) - Graduates
(2003/04)
1,727 (male: 781, female: 946) - Academic Teaching Staff (2004/05)
459 (male: 376, female: 83) Universities
11 (WB: 8; GS: 3) - Students enrolled (2004/05)
123,103 (male: 58,798, female: 64,305) - Graduates
(2003/04)
12,967 (male:
5,866, female: 7,101) - Academic Teaching Staff (2004/05)
3,731 (male: 1,964, female:
317)
• In 2004/5, most higher education students studied – in their main program - Social Sciences, Business and Law (43,139), followed by Education (42,897), Humanities & Arts (17,584), and Science (15,520).
• In 2004/5, 4,592 academic teaching staff was employed at Palestinian higher education institutions, incl. 697 women.
• Of all students (=138,139) enrolled in higher education institutions, some 52% (=71,590) were female; women also accounted for over 56% (=9,353) of all graduates in 2003/04 (=16,573).
• The vast majority – 12,192 of the 16,573 graduates - earned a BA degree in 2003/04. (Source: Min. of Education and Higher Education, General Education
Statistics 2005/06 and Higher Education Statistics 2004-05)
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