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Friday, 29 March. 2024
 
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The various measures taken by the Israeli army, as well as the frequent attacks of Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers against Palestinian areas, have resulted in many losses and problems to the Palestinian general education sector.

Twenty-six (26) pupils were shot dead. A number of those shot dead or injured were pupils who were walking to their school or on their way back home from school. They were not at all involved in marches, protests or demonstrations.

A total of 41 schools were closed or unable to operate because of Israeli military order, siege, curfews or because they are located in areas which are not safe for children and employees. These serve around 20,000 pupils. Pupils and teachers of six schools have been moved to other school buildings and operate as afternoon-shift schools.

  • The most severe closure of schools is in the city of Hebron, in the village of Hawwara near Nablus, where the Israeli army imposed curfew for more than 30 days. Four schools in Hebron have been taken over by the Israeli army and are used as army posts. At least 15 schools have been severely hit by Israeli shooting or shelling in different areas of the West Bank and Gaza. Physical losses are roughly estimated at around US$ 400,000, so far.
  • As a result of Israeli army roadblocks, siege, closure and curfews, numerous teachers and pupils could not reach their schools that were in operation. The percentage of teachers who could not report to their work locations varied between 10% and 90%, depending on the location of their schools.
  • During the past six years or so, in which the Palestinian Ministry of Education (MoE) was in charge of education in the West Bank and Gaza, there were few disruptions to schooling. The present situation and disruption are expected to adversely affect the quality of schooling and education of pupils.
  • Palestinian children, at large, have suffered psychologically, especially those in areas that were attacked by the Israeli military, including shelling by tanks, heavy artillery and helicopters. These psychological difficulties will have their impact on the scholastic achievement of students. The MoE is working with teachers and counselors on treatment and remedial counseling programs and activities.
  • All qualitative future-oriented development activities, as well as donor-funded projects, have been disrupted. They will require a substantial period of time to pick up again, assuming the situation will go back to normal soon.
  • As a result of Israeli roadblocks, siege, closure, curfews and attacks, many educational administrative personnel could not reach their offices in the districts or at the central MoE offices in Ramallah and in Gaza. The central MoE in Ramallah operated for no less than three weeks with less than 20% of its staff. Moreover, movement between the West Bank and Gaza was denied.
  • All these resulted in disruption of administration and management of education. Furthermore, a lot of the energy and efforts of these staff had to be directed to handle emergent issues, distracting them from their regular administrative and development-related work.
 
 
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