Description
The official education system in Jerusalem is the largest and most complex system in the country, divided into Arab, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish and Secular/Religious Jewish streams.
This bulletin focuses on Palestinian education in Jerusalem which in itself is divided between the Israeli-run and Palestinian-run schools and plagued with many difficulties, such as lack of classrooms, high dropout rates, lack of funding, discriminatory treatment, Israelization attempts on the part of the municipality with regard to Palestinian textbooks and enforcing the bagrut system.
The bulletin explains the educational system in detail and sheds light on the policies and practices carried out by Israel with regard to the school sector in East Jerusalem. It provides the most recent figures and statistics and draws a very up-to-date picture about the educational status quo and the difficulties faced by Palestinians in the occupied city.
