Education in the Palestinian territories

Education in Palestinian territories is provided by the government, UNRWA, and private sources.

chools

According the a ministerial statistic conducted in September 2005, there is 2267 schools in general education, 31001 classes, 1078488 students, and 48674 teachers in the Palestinian territories. 24% of schools are UNRWA-operated, 70% are governmental, and 6% are private.Fact|date=February 2007
* American School of Palestine
* Al-Arkam school
* Rafah Elementary Co-Ed “B” School
* Ramallah Friends Schools

Higher education

Another statistic conducted in May 2005 shows that there are 138139 students enrolled in Higher Education Institutions. Between these students, 9002 (6.5%) are in community colls, 6034 (4.4%) in university coll, 46453 (33.6%) in Al-Quds Open University, and 76650 (55.5%) in traditional universities.Fact|date=February 2007

UNESCO states that because of "isolation, [the Universities] have suffered in particular from the absence of research departments." [http://www.unesco.org/delegates/palestine/un-ede.html]

"Inter-university co-operation programmes are underway, such as TOKTEN, PEACE and MEDCAMPUS. They are supported by partners such as the European Union, UNESCO and the UNDP. The PEACE programme (Palestinian-European Academic Co-operation in Education) involves 23 Palestinian and European universities. It has been particularly noteworthy for having allowed students and teachers from the West Bank to be sent to European faculties at a time when the university establishments of Gaza and the West Bank were closed. In a second phase, it is to provide for the dispatch of missions of volunteer academics, on sabbatical, from Europe, North America and the rest of the world to the West Bank and Gaza." [http://www.unesco.org/delegates/palestine/un-ede.html]

Palestinian students wishing to obtain a doctorate must study in Israel or overseas. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6087968.stm]

;Universities

* Al-Aqsa University
* Al-Azhar University - Gaza
* Al-Quds Open University
* Al-Quds University
* An-Najah National University
* Arab American University
* Bethlehem University
* Birzeit University
* Hebron University
* Islamic University of Gaza
* Palestine Polytechnic University

;Colleges
* Al-Najah College
* Al-Rahmeh Collage for Girls
* Al-Rawdah Technical Collage
* Al-Ummeh Collage
* Hebron College of Technical Engineering
* Ibrahimieh College
* Jerusalem Collage of Islamic Studies
* Kalandia Training Centre
* Khan-Yunis Scientific and Technological Centre
* Palestine Technical College [http://www.ptcdb.edu.ps/]
* Qalqiliya College of Islamic Studies
* Ramallah Women's Training Centre
* Training Centre for Boys

Arts and music

*Edward Said National Conservatory of Music

Research institutes

*Applied Research Institute, Jerusalem [http://www.arij.org/]
*Institute for Palestine Studies

Academic organizations

*Palestinian Academic Network [http://www.planet.edu/]
*Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education [http://www.mohe.gov.ps/] [http://www.moe.gov.ps/]
*Durham Palestine Educational Trust

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References

Elias H.Tuma, Haim Darin-Drabkin, The Economic Case for Palestine, Croom Helm, London 1978 p.48. (respectively, Professor of Economics at Cal-U, Davis, and Director of the Institute for Land Resource Planning, at Tel Aviv and consultant for the UN)

ee also

* Palestinian textbooks

External links

* [http://www.mohe.gov.ps Palestinian Ministry of Education]
* [http://www.medea.be/?page=2&lang=en&doc=204 Medea’s information files: Palestinian Universities]
* [http://www.unesco.org/delegates/palestine/un-ede.html UNESCO Palestinian education]