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UNRWA does not provide education at secondary level. [18] Gross enrollment ratios for empowerment stage were 97.5% for total, 95.7% for male, and 99.5% for female students. [17] In secondary vocational education during the 2005/2006 school year, a total of 5,999 students were enrolled in schools.
Grades 1–10 are compulsory, according to the Palestinian Educational Law (Ministry of Education and Higher Education, 2017). According to a Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (2021), there are 1,309,000 school students in grades K-12 across the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem. [4]
The West Bank and Gaza together had 14 universities, an open university for distance learning, 18 university colleges and 20 community colleges. All universities in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces. See "Attacks on schools during the Israeli invasion of Gaza" for more.
In Nusseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian refugee Sami Abu Mallouh, 47, said his family of 12 depended on UNRWA for education, medical treatment and food aid. "Without UNRWA ...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Atef Al-Buhaisi, 6, once dreamed of a career building houses. In Israel's war with Hamas, Atef's home has been bombed, his teacher killed and his school in Nuseirat ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Wounded child at Al-Shifa Hospital As a result of the Gaza war, children have been disproportionately impacted in the Gaza Strip, where 40% of the population is 14 or under. In November 2023, UNICEF reported that more than 700,000 children in Gaza were displaced. A dire humanitarian crisis, with ...
A senior official in the U.S. Education Department stepped down on Wednesday, citing President Joe Biden's handling of the conflict in Gaza, the latest sign of dissent in the administration as ...
The Gaza Education Ministry stated that 4,037 students and 209 educational staff were killed, 7,259 students and 619 teachers were wounded, and 352 schools were damaged between 7 October and 26 December. [110] On 16 January, the Education Ministry reported 4,368 students had been killed and 388 schools damaged since 7 October. [111]